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