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cainnt
cainnt
Old Irish
Verb
cainnt f
- verbal noun of canaid
- act of speaking
- 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)
- speech, language
- discourse, conversation
- language, tongue
Synonyms
- (language): cànan
Derived terms
- cainnt-chluich (“pun”)
- cainnt-sanais (“sign language”)
- gnàthas-cainnt (“idiom”)
- saorsa cainnte (“freedom of speech”)
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.