caí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cai"

Old Irish

Noun

caí f

1. verbal noun of ciïd

Inflection

Feminine indeclinable
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	caí	caí	caí
Vocative	caí	caí	caí
Accusative	caí	caí	caí
Genitive	caí	caí	caí
Dative	caí	caí	caí
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: caoidh
• Manx: coe

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈi/

Verb

caí

1. inflection of cair:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈi/ [kaˈi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ca‧í

Noun

caí m (plural caís or caíes)

1. tufted capuchin

Verb

caí

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of caer

Further reading

• “cay”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014