cae

See also: CAE, caé, -cae, ca'e, ca'é, and cáe

Irish

Noun

cae m (genitive singular cae, nominative plural caenna)

1. Alternative form of caoth (“boghole, swamp-hole; ditch”)

Declension

Declension of cae

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cae caenna Vocative a chae a chaenna Genitive cae caenna Dative cae caenna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cae na caenna Genitive an chae na gcaenna Dative leis an gcae don chae leis na caenna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cae	chae	gcae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkae/ [ˈka.e]

Verb

cae

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of caer.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of caer.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of caer.

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kay (“hedge; enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (compare Cornish ke, Breton kae, Old Irish caí), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰom (compare Latin cohum, English haw), from *kagʰ-. More at cau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːɨ̯/
• IPA^(key): /kai̯/
  • IPA^(key): /kaː/

Noun

cae m (plural caeau)

1. field

   Beth yw’r ysgubor ar ganol y cae? ― What’s the barn in the middle of the field?

Related terms

• caer
• cau
• mynci

 

Verb

cae

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of cau

Alternative forms

• caeiff, caeith (colloquial)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cae	gae	nghae	chae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cae”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies