goirín

Irish

Alternative forms

• garán, goirgín, góirín, gorán, guireán, guirín

Etymology

From gor (“inflammation”) +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɾʲinʲ/

Noun

goirín m (genitive singular goirín, nominative plural goiríní)

1. pimple (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin)
2. pustule

   Synonym: puchóid

3. spot (pimple, pustule)

   Synonym: spota

4. wen (a cyst on the skin)

Declension

Declension of goirín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative goirín goiríní Vocative a ghoirín a ghoiríní Genitive goirín goiríní Dative goirín goiríní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an goirín na goiríní Genitive an ghoirín na ngoiríní Dative leis an ngoirín don ghoirín leis na goiríní

Derived terms

• goirín dubh (“blackhead”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goirín	ghoirín	ngoirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “goirín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “guirín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goirgín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “goirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 377
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “guirín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 388
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “goirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44