caoineadh

Irish

Etymology 1

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲu/

Noun

caoineadh m (genitive singular caointe, nominative plural caointe)

1. verbal noun of caoin
2. keening, lamenting
3. weeping, crying
4. an elegy
5. (poetry) a form of meter used for elegies

Derived terms

• anuaill chaointe (“hysterical crying”)
• cluiche caointe (“funeral rites, games”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Past autonomous form
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲu/
• Past subjunctive and imperative forms
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲu/

Verb

caoineadh

1. inflection of caoin:
   1. past indicative autonomous
   2. past subjunctive analytic
   3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caoineadh	chaoineadh	gcaoineadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoineadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48