Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cosmart.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

caismirt f (genitive singular caismirte, nominative plural caismirtí)

  1. (liteary) signal (usually by sound, especially of battle), din, alarm
  2. conflict, argument, contention
  3. discussion

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caismirt chaismirt gcaismirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caismirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caismirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
  4. ^ caismirt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy