caoineadh
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]caoin + -adh (verbal noun suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caoineadh m (genitive singular caointe, nominative plural caointe)
- verbal noun of caoin
- keening, lamenting
- weeping, crying
- an elegy
- (poetry) a form of meter used for elegies
Derived terms
[edit]- anuaill chaointe (“hysterical crying”)
- cluiche caointe (“funeral rites, games”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Past autonomous form
- Past subjunctive and imperative forms
Verb
[edit]caoineadh
- inflection of caoin:
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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caoineadh | chaoineadh | gcaoineadh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caoineadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]caoin + -adh (verbal noun suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caoineadh m (genitive singular caoinidh)
- verbal noun of caoin
- weeping, crying
- a' gal is a' caoineadh ― weeping and wailing
- lamenting
- elegy, lamentation
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]caoineadh
- second/third-person conditional dependent of caoin
Categories:
- Irish terms suffixed with -adh
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish verbal nouns
- ga:Poetry
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish verb forms
- Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -adh
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic verbal nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples
- Scottish Gaelic non-lemma forms
- Scottish Gaelic verb forms