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cainnt

cainnt

Old Irish

Verb

cainnt f

  1. verbal noun of canaid
    1. act of speaking
  2. speech, talk, conversation

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cainnt chainnt cainnt
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • cainnt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnt (act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰaiɲtʰʲ/

Noun

cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean)

  1. speech, language
  2. discourse, conversation
  3. language, tongue

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • cainnt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.