cáinte

See also: cainte

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːn̠ʲtʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkæːn̠ʲtʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cáinte (“satirist, lampooner”), from cáinid (“reviles, rails at, reproaches”).

Noun

cáinte m (genitive singular cáinte, nominative plural cáintí)

1. (literary) satirist, lampooner

Declension

Declension of cáinte (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cáinte cáintí vocative a cháinte a cháintí genitive cáinte cáintí dative cáinte cáintí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cáinte na cáintí genitive an cháinte na gcáintí dative leis an gcáinte don cháinte leis na cáintí

Derived terms

• bancháinte (“female satirist, female lampooner”)

Etymology 2

Participle

cáinte

1. past participle of cáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáinte

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cáinte	cháinte	gcáinte

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