canúint

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)

  1. dialect, idiom, lingo, accent

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
canúint chanúint gcanúint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ canúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21

Further reading

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