caoineas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish caínes (“smoothness”), from caín (“smooth”). By surface analysis, caoin +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəsˠ/

Noun

caoineas m (genitive singular caoinis)

  1. smoothness, gentleness

Declension

Declension of caoineas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative caoineas
vocative a chaoinis
genitive caoinis
dative caoineas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an caoineas
genitive an chaoinis
dative leis an gcaoineas
don chaoineas

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Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caoineas
radical lenition eclipsis
caoineas chaoineas gcaoineas

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

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