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toinn

toinn

Irish

Noun

toinn f

  1. dative singular of tonn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
toinn thoinn dtoinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɤiNʲ/

Verb

toinn (past thoinn, future toinnidh, verbal noun toinneamh or toinneadh, past participle toinnte)

  1. twist, twine, wreathe; spin; plait; wind
  2. writhe
  3. wrench

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9