péine

See also: peine, peiné, and -péine

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲeːnʲə/

Etymology 1

From Latin pīnus.

Alternative forms

Noun

péine m (genitive singular péine)

  1. pine (tree of the genus Pinus; pinewood)
Derived terms
  • caor phéine (“pinecone”)

Declension
Declension of péine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative péine
Vocative a phéine
Genitive péine
Dative péine

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an péine
Genitive an phéine
Dative leis an bpéine

don phéine

Synonyms
  • (tree): crann péine (used when the word needs to be countable)

Etymology 2

Inflected form of pian.

Noun

péine f

  1. genitive singular of pian

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
péine phéine bpéine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “pín” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "péine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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