cantain
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cantain, a late verbal noun of canaid (“sings, recites”).
Noun
[edit]cantain f (genitive singular cantana)
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of can (“chant, sing”)
- chanting, singing
Declension
[edit]Declension of cantain
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cantain | chantain | gcantain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cantain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cantain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cantain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024