cáicín

Irish

Etymology

From cáca (“cake”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cáicín m (genitive singular cáicín, nominative plural cáicíní)

1. diminutive of cáca

Declension

Declension of cáicín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cáicín cáicíní vocative a cháicín a cháicíní genitive cáicín cáicíní dative cáicín cáicíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cáicín na cáicíní genitive an cháicín na gcáicíní dative leis an gcáicín don cháicín leis na cáicíní

Derived terms

• cáicín feola m
• cáicín tae m (“tea-cake”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáicín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cáicín	cháicín	gcáicín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáicín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm