Definify.com
Definition 2024
caoineadh
caoineadh
Irish
Noun
caoineadh m (genitive singular caointe, nominative plural caointe)
- verbal noun of caoin
- keening, lamenting
- weeping, crying
- an elegy
- (poetry) a form of meter used for elegies
Derived terms
Terms derived from caoineadh
|
Verb
caoineadh
- past indicative autonomous of caoin
- past subjunctive analytic of caoin
- third-person singular imperative of caoin
Usage notes
(past subjunctive analytic): Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, sé, sí, muid, sibh, or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caoineadh | chaoineadh | gcaoineadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "caoineadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.