caint
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cainnt (“speech, talk, conversation; act of speaking”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑin̠ʲtʲ/[3]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /kan̠ʲtʲ/, /kain̠ʲtʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /kæn̠ʲtʲ/[4]
Noun[edit]
caint f (genitive singular cainte, nominative plural cainteanna)
- speech
- talking (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)
- Tá sé ag caint liom.
- He's talking to me
Declension[edit]
Declension of caint
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- alamais chainte f (“incoherent speech”)
- bolgchaint f (“ventriloquism”)
- cainteach (“talkative, chatty”)
- cainteoir m (“speaker”)
- mionchaint f (“small talk”)
- síorchaint f (“(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caint | chaint | gcaint |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ “caint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cainnt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 75, page 32
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cainnt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “caint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “caint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.