toitín

Irish

Etymology

From toit (“smoke”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɛtʲiːnʲ/

Noun

toitín m (genitive singular toitín, nominative plural toitíní)

Diminutive of toit
cigarette

Declension

Declension of toitín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	toitín	toitíní
Vocative	a thoitín	a thoitíní
Genitive	toitín	toitíní
Dative	toitín	toitíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an toitín	na toitíní
Genitive	an toitín	na dtoitíní
Dative	leis an toitín don toitín	leis na toitíní

Derived terms

páipéar toitíní (“cigarette paper”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toitín	thoitín	dtoitín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “toitín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “toitín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 473

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