Irish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish cáemnaid, from cáemna (protecting, keeping).

Verb edit

caomhnaigh (present analytic caomhnaíonn, future analytic caomhnóidh, verbal noun caomhnú, past participle caomhnaithe)

  1. (transitive) preserve, conserve
  2. (transitive) maintain
  3. (transitive) reserve
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

caomhnaigh

  1. inflection of caomhnach:
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caomhnaigh chaomhnaigh gcaomhnaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit