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cantáil

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From canta (chunk) +‎ -áil.

Verb

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cantáil (present analytic cantálann, future analytic cantálfaidh, verbal noun cantáil, past participle cantáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) break off in chunks
  2. (transitive, intransitive) grab, devour
Conjugation
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Noun

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cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)

  1. verbal noun of cantáil
Declension
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Declension of cantáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cantáil
vocative a chantáil
genitive cantála
dative cantáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an chantáil
genitive na cantála
dative leis an gcantáil
don chantáil

Etymology 2

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Noun

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cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)

  1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of can
Declension
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Declension of cantáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cantáil
vocative a chantáil
genitive cantála
dative cantáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an chantáil
genitive na cantála
dative leis an gcantáil
don chantáil

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cantáil
radical lenition eclipsis
cantáil chantáil gcantáil

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

Further reading

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