caint

See also: Caint and cain't

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnt (“speech, talk, conversation; act of speaking”).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

caint f (genitive singular cainte, nominative plural cainteanna)

  1. speech
  2. talking (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)
    Tá sé ag caint liom.
    He's talking to me

Declension

Declension of caint (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caint cainteanna
vocative a chaint a chainteanna
genitive cainte cainteanna
dative caint cainteanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chaint na cainteanna
genitive na cainte na gcainteanna
dative leis an gcaint
don chaint 		leis na cainteanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caint
radical lenition eclipsis
caint chaint gcaint

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

References

References
  1. ^ “caint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainnt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 151
  5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 56, page 15
  6. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 302, page 59
  7. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 312
  8. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32

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