cáinid

See also: caínid

Middle Irish

Etymology

Denominal verb from cáin.

Verb

cáinid

1. to revile

Descendants

• Irish: cáin

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cáinid	cháinid	cáinid pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáinid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language