caoineadh

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲu/^[1]

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• 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/

caoineadh

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

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “caoineaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 161; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoineadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

• (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɯːɲəɣ/^[2][3]
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɔːɲəɣ/ (corresponding to the form còineadh)

caoineadh m (genitive singular caoinidh)

1. verbal noun of caoin
2. weeping, crying

   a' gal is a' caoineadh ― weeping and wailing

3. lamenting
4. elegy, lamentation

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

caoineadh

1. second/third-person conditional dependent of caoin