cuinneog

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuindeog.

Pronunciation

• (Waterford, Cork) IPA^(key): /kɪˈɲoːɡ/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /kɪˈnʲoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪn̠ʲaɡ/

Noun

cuinneog f (genitive singular cuinneoige, nominative plural cuinneoga)

1. churn (vessel for churning)

Declension

Declension of cuinneog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuinneog cuinneoga Vocative a chuinneog a chuinneoga Genitive cuinneoige cuinneog Dative cuinneog cuinneoig (archaic, dialectal) cuinneoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chuinneog na cuinneoga Genitive na cuinneoige na gcuinneog Dative leis an gcuinneog leis an gcuinneoig (archaic, dialectal) don chuinneog don chuinneoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na cuinneoga

Descendants

• →⇒ Yola: khuingoke, khuingokee, kuingokee, kwingokee, quingokee

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuinneog	chuinneog	gcuinneog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cuinneog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuinneog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 210
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuinneog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN