tóin

See also: toin, tòin, and töin

Icelandic

Noun

tóin

definite nominative singular of tó

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tón (“anus”), from Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with English thigh. Compare Scottish Gaelic tòin.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoːnʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːnʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔːnʲ/

Noun

tóin f (genitive singular tóna, nominative plural tóineanna)

buttocks
arse, bum, ass, butt
rear, back
(nautical) aft, stern
(architecture, of a building) basement, cellar

Declension

Declension of tóin

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tóin	tóineanna
Vocative	a thóin	a thóineanna
Genitive	tóna	tóineanna
Dative	tóin	tóineanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tóin	na tóineanna
Genitive	na tóna	na dtóineanna
Dative	leis an tóin don tóin	leis na tóineanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

gnéas tóna (“anal sex”)
níl aon tóin tinn mar do thóin tinn féin (“there’s no sore arse like your own sore arse”)
póg mo thóin (“kiss my ass”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tóin	thóin	dtóin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 393
“tóin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“tón” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"tóin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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