canúint

Irish

Alternative forms

• canúin
• canamhain, canamhaint (superseded)
• canmhaint, canamhuin, canamhuin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”) (verbal noun of canaid). By surface analysis, can +‎ -úint.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈn̪ˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠũn̠ʲtʲ/

Noun

canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)

1. dialect, idiom, lingo, accent

Declension

Declension of canúint

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative canúint canúintí Vocative a chanúint a chanúintí Genitive canúna canúintí Dative canúint canúintí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chanúint na canúintí Genitive na canúna na gcanúintí Dative leis an gcanúint don chanúint leis na canúintí

Derived terms

• ardchanúint (“acrolect”)
• bhunchanúint (“basolect”)
• canúint na tíre (“the vernacular”)
• canúnach (“dialectl”)
• eitneachanúint
• féinchanúint (“idiolect”)
• lárchanúint
• meánchanúint (“mesolect”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
canúint	chanúint	gcanúint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “canaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 113
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “canúint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024