Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From canta (chunk) +‎ -áil.

Verb edit

cantáil (present analytic cantálann, future analytic cantálfaidh, verbal noun cantáil, past participle cantáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) break off in chunks
  2. (transitive, intransitive) grab, devour
Conjugation edit

Noun edit

cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)

  1. verbal noun of cantáil
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)

  1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of can
Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cantáil chantáil gcantáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit