castainéid

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

castainéid m pl (genitive plural castainéad)

1. (music, plural only) castanets

Declension

Declension of castainéid (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative — castainéid vocative — a chastainéada genitive — castainéad dative — castainéid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative — na castainéid genitive — na gcastainéad dative — leis na castainéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of castainéid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
castainéid	chastainéid	gcastainéid

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

Further reading

• “castainéid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024