caillteanas

Irish

Alternative forms

• caillteamas

Etymology

From caillte +‎ -anas.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkalʲtʲəmˠəsˠ/ (corresponding to the form caillteamas)

Noun

caillteanas m (genitive singular caillteanais)

1. loss

Declension

Declension of caillteanas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative caillteanas vocative a chaillteanais genitive caillteanais dative caillteanas forms with the definite article singular nominative an caillteanas genitive an chaillteanais dative leis an gcaillteanas don chaillteanas

Mutation

Mutated forms of caillteanas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caillteanas	chaillteanas	gcaillteanas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “caillteanas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caillteanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN