caoineas

Irish

Alternative forms

• caoineadas

Etymology

From Old Irish caínes (“smoothness”), from caín (“smooth”). By surface analysis, caoin +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲəsˠ/

Noun

caoineas m (genitive singular caoinis)

1. smoothness, gentleness

Declension

Declension of caoineas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative caoineas vocative a chaoinis genitive caoinis dative caoineas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an caoineas genitive an chaoinis dative leis an gcaoineas don chaoineas

Synonyms

• caoine

Antonyms

• eascaoineas (“ungentleness, roughness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caoineas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caoineas	chaoineas	gcaoineas

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