cáin
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cáin (“law, rule, fine, tax, tribute”). The verb is from Middle Irish cáinid (“revile, rail at, reproach”), from the noun.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cáin f (genitive singular cánach or cána, nominative plural cánacha)
- (literary)
- law, rule, regulation, set of laws or rules or regulations
- due, tribute
- fine, penalty
- Synonym: fíneáil
- impost, tax, taxation
Declension
[edit]Standard inflection (fifth declension):
Alternative inflection (third declension):
Derived terms
[edit]- cáin ancaireachta (“anchorage”)
- cáin charbóin (“carbon tax”)
- cáin ioncaim (“income-tax”)
- cáinaisnéis (“(governmental) budget”)
- faoiseamh cánach
Verb
[edit]cáin (present analytic cáineann, future analytic cáinfidh, verbal noun cáineadh, past participle cáinte) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative conjugation:
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
cáin | cháin | gcáin |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáinid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *ká(g)ni- (“tribute, law”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cáin f
Inflection
[edit]Feminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cáin | cáinL | cánaiH |
Vocative | cáin | cáinL | cánaiH |
Accusative | cáinN | cáinL | cánaiH |
Genitive | cánoH, cánaH | cánoH, cánaH | cánaeN |
Dative | cáinL | cánaib | cánaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
cáin | cháin | cáin pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- ga:Law
- ga:Taxation
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- sga:Law
- sga:Taxation