caismirt

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cosmart.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caismirt f (genitive singular caismirte, nominative plural caismirtí)

  1. (liteary) signal (usually by sound, especially of battle), din, alarm
  2. conflict, argument, contention
  3. discussion

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caismirt chaismirt gcaismirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caismirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caismirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
  4. ^ caismirt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy