cáis
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.
Noun
cáis f (genitive singular cáise, nominative plural cáiseanna)
- cheese
- Is maith liom cáis Fhrancach. ― I like French cheese.
Declension
Declension of cáis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cáis Eilvéiseach (“Swiss cheese”)
- cáis uachtair (“cream cheese”)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cáis m
- vocative/genitive singular of cás
- (nonstandard) nominative/dative plural of cás
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cáis | cháis | gcáis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Categories:
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish terms with usage examples
- Irish second-declension nouns
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish noun forms
- Irish noun plural forms
- Irish nonstandard terms
- ga:Cheeses