caoin
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caoin (genitive singular masculine caoin, genitive singular feminine caoine, plural caoine, comparative caoine)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | caoin | chaoin | caoine; chaoine² | |
Vocative | chaoin | caoine | ||
Genitive | caoine | caoine | caoin | |
Dative | caoin; chaoin¹ |
chaoin | caoine; chaoine² | |
Comparative | níos caoine | |||
Superlative | is caoine |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Irish caín (“smooth finished side; especially the outer surface of a wall, etc.”), a substantivization of caín (“fine, beautiful”).
Noun[edit]
caoin f (genitive singular caoine)
Declension[edit]
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (“lament”)).
Verb[edit]
caoin (present analytic caoineann, future analytic caoinfidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe)
Conjugation[edit]
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: keen
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caoin | chaoin | gcaoin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 caín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 caín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caínid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “caoin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “caoin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 55
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (“lament”)).
Verb[edit]
caoin (past chaoin, future caoinidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Irish caín (“smooth finished side; especially the outer surface of a wall, etc.”), a substantivization of caín (“fine, beautiful”).
Noun[edit]
caoin f (genitive singular caoine, no plural)
Derived terms[edit]
- caoin air ascaoin (“inside out”)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
caoin | chaoin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “caoin”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 caín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caínid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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