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péine

péine

See also: peine, peiné, and -péine

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

péine m (genitive singular péine)

  1. pine (tree of the genus Pinus; pinewood)

Declension

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.