caomhnú

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kˠeːˈnˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkˠiːnˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkˠiːwnˠuː/

Noun

caomhnú m (genitive singular caomhnaithe)

1. verbal noun of caomhnaigh
2. conservation, preservation
3. maintenance, maintaining
4. protection

Declension

Declension of caomhnú

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative caomhnú Vocative a chaomhnú Genitive caomhnaithe Dative caomhnú

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an caomhnú Genitive an chaomhnaithe Dative leis an gcaomhnú don chaomhnú

Synonyms

• (conservation): caomhantas
• (protection): cosaint

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caomhnú	chaomhnú	gcaomhnú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.