caomhnú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cáemnugad.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kˠeːˈnˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkˠiːnˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkˠiːwnˠuː/

Noun

caomhnú m (genitive singular caomhnaithe)

1. verbal noun of caomhnaigh
2. conservation, preservation
3. maintenance, maintaining
4. protection

Declension

Declension of caomhnú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative caomhnú vocative a chaomhnú genitive caomhnaithe dative caomhnú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an caomhnú genitive an chaomhnaithe dative leis an gcaomhnú don chaomhnú

Synonyms

• (conservation): caomhantas
• (protection): cosaint

Mutation

Mutated forms of caomhnú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caomhnú	chaomhnú	gcaomhnú

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáemnugad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language