cantún

See also: cantun and cantùn

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cantún m (genitive singular cantúin, nominative plural cantúin)

1. (geography) canton

Declension

Declension of cantún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cantún cantúin Vocative a chantúin a chantúna Genitive cantúin cantún Dative cantún cantúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cantún na cantúin Genitive an chantúin na gcantún Dative leis an gcantún don chantún leis na cantúin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cantún	chantún	gcantún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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