casaoid

Irish

Alternative forms

• casán

Etymology

From Middle Irish casait, from Old Irish cosaít, verbal noun of con·sáidi. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic casaid.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈsˠiːdʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠiːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠidʲ/

Noun

casaoid f (genitive singular casaoide, nominative plural casaoidí)

1. complaint (grievance, problem, difficulty, or concern; the act of complaining)

Declension

Declension of casaoid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative casaoid casaoidí Vocative a chasaoid a chasaoidí Genitive casaoide casaoidí Dative casaoid casaoidí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chasaoid na casaoidí Genitive na casaoide na gcasaoidí Dative leis an gcasaoid don chasaoid leis na casaoidí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casaoid	chasaoid	gcasaoid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “casaoid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cosaít”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “casaoid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casaoid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48