cáicín

Irish

Etymology

From cáca (“cake”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cáicín m (genitive singular cáicín, nominative plural cáicíní)

1. diminutive of cáca

Declension

Declension of cáicín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cáicín cáicíní Vocative a cháicín a cháicíní Genitive cáicín cáicíní Dative cáicín cáicíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cáicín na cáicíní Genitive an cháicín na gcáicíní Dative leis an gcáicín don cháicín leis na cáicíní

Derived terms

• cáicín feola m
• cáicín tae m (“tea-cake”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cáicín	cháicín	gcáicín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáicín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm