castainéid

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

castainéid m pl (genitive plural castainéad)

  1. (music, plural only) castanets

Declension

Declension of castainéid (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative — castainéid
vocative — a chastainéada
genitive — castainéad
dative — castainéid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative — na castainéid
genitive — na gcastainéad
dative — leis na castainéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of castainéid
radical lenition eclipsis
castainéid chastainéid gcastainéid

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

Further reading

  • “castainéid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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