caithne

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkahɪnʲɪ]

Noun

caithne f (genitive singular caithne, nominative plural caithní)

1. An arbutus, particularly the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).

Declension

Declension of caithne (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caithne caithní vocative a chaithne a chaithní genitive caithne caithní dative caithne caithní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chaithne na caithní genitive na caithne na gcaithní dative leis an gcaithne don chaithne leis na caithní

Derived terms

• crann caithne (“strawberry tree”)
• úll caithne (“arbutus berry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caithne

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caithne	chaithne	gcaithne

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caithne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language