Irish
Etymology
leath- (“half”) + pingin (“penny”)
Pronunciation
Noun
leathphingin f (genitive singular leathphingine, nominative plural leathphinginí)
- halfpenny
Declension
Declension of leathphingin (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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leathphingin
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leathphinginí
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| vocative
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a leathphingin
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a leathphinginí
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| genitive
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leathphingine
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leathphinginí
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| dative
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leathphingin
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leathphinginí
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an leathphingin
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na leathphinginí
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| genitive
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na leathphingine
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na leathphinginí
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| dative
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leis an leathphingin don leathphingin
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leis na leathphinginí
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References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 183
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “649”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page leaṫ-ṗinginn; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “leathphingin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “leathphingin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “leathphingin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026