Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish caín.

Adjective

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caoin (genitive singular masculine caoin, genitive singular feminine caoine, plural caoine, comparative caoine)

  1. smooth, delicate, polished
  2. kind, gentle, refined
Declension
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Declension of caoin
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative caoin chaoin caoine;
chaoine2
vocative chaoin caoine
genitive caoine caoine caoin
dative caoin;
chaoin1
chaoin caoine;
chaoine2
Comparative níos caoine
Superlative is caoine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish caín (smooth finished side; especially the outer surface of a wall, etc.), a substantivization of caín (fine, beautiful).

Noun

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caoin f (genitive singular caoine)

  1. smooth surface
Declension
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Declension of caoin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative caoin
vocative a chaoin
genitive caoine
dative caoin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chaoin
genitive na caoine
dative leis an gcaoin
don chaoin

Etymology 3

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From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (lament)).

Verb

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caoin (present analytic caoineann, future analytic caoinfidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe)

  1. (ambitransitive) keen, lament
  2. (ambitransitive) cry, weep
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • English: keen

Mutation

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Mutated forms of caoin
radical lenition eclipsis
caoin chaoin gcaoin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (lament)).

Verb

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caoin (past chaoin, future caoinidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe)

  1. mourn, lament, grieve
    Synonym: caoidh
  2. cry, weep
    Synonym: guil

Etymology 2

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From Middle Irish caín (smooth finished side; especially the outer surface of a wall, etc.), a substantivization of caín (fine, beautiful).

Noun

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caoin f (genitive singular caoine, no plural)

  1. exterior, outer side (of garment)
    Antonym: ascaoin
Derived terms
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Mutation

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Mutation of caoin
radical lenition
caoin chaoin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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