caismirt

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caismeart[1]
  • caismirlíneacht[2]

Etymology

From Old Irish cosmart.

Pronunciation

Noun

caismirt f (genitive singular caismirte, nominative plural caismirtí)

  1. (liteary) signal (usually by sound, especially of battle), din, alarm
  2. conflict, argument, contention
  3. discussion

Declension

Declension of caismirt (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caismirt caismirtí
vocative a chaismirt a chaismirtí
genitive caismirte caismirtí
dative caismirt caismirtí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chaismirt na caismirtí
genitive na caismirte na gcaismirtí
dative leis an gcaismirt
don chaismirt 		leis na caismirtí
  • Alternative plural: caismeartha[4]

Derived terms

  • caismirteach

Mutation

Mutated forms of caismirt
radical lenition eclipsis
caismirt chaismirt gcaismirt

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caismirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 108
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caismirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
  4. ^ “caismirt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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