cantáil

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From canta (chunk) +‎ -áil.

Verb

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cantáil (present analytic cantálann, future analytic cantálfaidh, verbal noun cantáil, past participle cantáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) break off in chunks
  2. (transitive, intransitive) grab, devour
Conjugation
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Noun

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cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)

  1. verbal noun of cantáil
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)

  1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of can
Declension
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cantáil chantáil gcantáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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