canúint

Irish

Alternative forms

• canúin
• canamhain, canamhaint (superseded)
• canmhaint, canamhuin, canamhuin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”) (verbal noun of canaid). By surface analysis, can +‎ -úint.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑˈn̪ˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkanˠũn̠ʲtʲ/

Noun

canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)

1. dialect, idiom, lingo, accent

Declension

Declension of canúint (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative canúint canúintí vocative a chanúint a chanúintí genitive canúna canúintí dative canúint canúintí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chanúint na canúintí genitive na canúna na gcanúintí dative leis an gcanúint don chanúint leis na canúintí

Derived terms

• ardchanúint (“acrolect”)
• bhunchanúint (“basolect”)
• canúint na tíre (“the vernacular”)
• canúnach (“dialectl”)
• eitneachanúint
• féinchanúint (“idiolect”)
• lárchanúint
• meánchanúint (“mesolect”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of canúint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canúint	chanúint	gcanúint

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. (1904) “canaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 113
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “canúint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024