canúint na tíre

Irish

Etymology

Literally, “dialect of the country”

Noun

canúint na tíre f (genitive singular canúint na tíre, nominative plural canúintí na tíre)

1. (linguistics) vernacular

   Synonyms: teanga an phobail, teanga choiteann, teanga dhúchais

Mutation

Mutated forms of canúint na tíre

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canúint na tíre	chanúint na tíre	gcanúint na tíre

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) “canúint na tíre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúint na tíre”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm