cainnt

Irish

Noun

cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, nominative plural cainnteanna)

  1. superseded spelling of caint

Mutation

Mutated forms of cainnt
radical lenition eclipsis
cainnt chainnt gcainnt

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan͈ʲtʲ/

Noun

cainnt f

  1. verbal noun of canaid
    1. act of speaking
  2. speech, talk, conversation

Descendants

  • Irish: caint
  • Manx: caaynt
  • Scottish Gaelic: cainnt

Mutation

Mutation of cainnt
radical lenition nasalization
cainnt chainnt cainnt
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnt (act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰaiɲtʰʲ/

Noun

cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean)

  1. speech, language
  2. discourse, conversation
  3. language, tongue

Declension

Declension of cainnt (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cainnt cainntean
genitive cainnte chainntean
dative cainnt cainntean; cainntibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') chainnt (na) cainntean
genitive (na) cainnte (nan) cainntean
dative (a') chainnt (na) cainntean; cainntibh
vocative chainnt chainntean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cainnt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainnt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language