caiscín

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

caiscín m (genitive singular caiscín)

1. whole meal; whole-meal bread, brown bread

Declension

Declension of caiscín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative caiscín Vocative a chaiscín Genitive caiscín Dative caiscín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an caiscín Genitive an chaiscín Dative leis an gcaiscín don chaiscín

Derived terms

• arán caiscín m (“whole-meal bread”)
• min chaiscín f (“whole meal”)
• plúr caiscín m (“wholemeal flour”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caiscín	chaiscín	gcaiscín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caiscín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caiscín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caiscín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm