cantain

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cantain, a late verbal noun of canaid (“sings, recites”).

Noun

cantain f (genitive singular cantana)

1. (nonstandard) verbal noun of can (“chant, sing”)
2. chanting, singing
   1. birdsong

Declension

Declension of cantain (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cantain vocative a chantain genitive cantana dative cantain forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chantain genitive na cantana dative leis an gcantain don chantain

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantain

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cantain	chantain	gcantain

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) “cantain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cantain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cantain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024