lúidín

Irish

Alternative forms

  • lúda, lúdagán, lúdóg

Etymology

From lúda (from Old Irish lútu[1]) + -ín.

Pronunciation

Noun

lúidín m (genitive singular lúidín, nominative plural lúidíní)

  1. little finger
  2. little toe
    lúidín coise ― little toe

Declension

Declension of lúidín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative lúidín lúidíní
vocative a lúidín a lúidíní
genitive lúidín lúidíní
dative lúidín lúidíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an lúidín na lúidíní
genitive an lúidín na lúidíní
dative leis an lúidín
don lúidín 		leis na lúidíní

Usage notes

The expression lúidín coise (“little toe”, literally “little finger of the foot”) can be shortened to simply lúidín when unambiguous in context.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lútu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 285

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “lúidín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 385; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lúidín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.