cantáid

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cantáid f (genitive singular cantáide, nominative plural cantáidí)

1. (music) cantata

Declension

Declension of cantáid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cantáid cantáidí vocative a chantáid a chantáidí genitive cantáide cantáidí dative cantáid cantáidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chantáid na cantáidí genitive na cantáide na gcantáidí dative leis an gcantáid don chantáid leis na cantáidí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantáid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cantáid	chantáid	gcantáid

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cantáid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cantáid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025