tóin

See also: toin, tòin, and töin

Icelandic

Noun

tóin

1. definite nominative singular of tó

Irish

Alternative forms

• tón (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish tón (“anus”), from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠũːn̪ˠ] IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːn̪ˠ/, [t̪ˠõːn̪ˠ] (corresponding to the form tón)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/

Noun

tóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)

1. buttocks
2. arse, bum, ass, butt
3. rear, back
4. (nautical) aft, stern
5. (architecture, of a building) basement, cellar

Declension

Declension of tóin

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tóin tóineanna Vocative a thóin a thóineanna Genitive tóna tóineanna Dative tóin tóineanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tóin na tóineanna Genitive na tóna na dtóineanna Dative leis an tóin don tóin leis na tóineanna

Synonyms

• cúl
• deireadh
• bonn

Derived terms

• gnéas tóna
• níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin
• póg mo thóin
• tóin in airde

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tóin	thóin	dtóin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tón”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 744
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tóin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN