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canaid
canaid
Irish
Verb
canaid
Usage notes
The equivalent in the standard language is the analytic construction canann siad.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| canaid | chanaid | gcanaid |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kaneti (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaniðʲ/
Verb
canaid (conjunct ·cain, verbal noun cainnt or cétal)
- to sing
Inflection
Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, reduplicated a future, a subjunctive
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| canaid | chanaid | canaid pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “canaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.