caint

See also: Caint and cain't

Irish

Alternative forms

cainnt (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kan̠ʲtʲ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /kan̠ʲtʲ/, /kəin̠ʲtʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kæn̠ʲtʲ/

Noun

caint f (genitive singular cainte, nominative plural cainteanna)

speech
talking (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)
Tá sé ag caint liom.
He's talking to me

Declension

Declension of caint

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caint	cainteanna
Vocative	a chaint	a chainteanna
Genitive	cainte	cainteanna
Dative	caint	cainteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chaint	na cainteanna
Genitive	na cainte	na gcainteanna
Dative	leis an gcaint don chaint	leis na cainteanna

Derived terms

alamais chainte f (“incoherent speech”)
bolgchaint f (“ventriloquism”)
cainteach (“talkative, chatty”)
cainteoir m (“speaker”)
mionchaint f (“small talk”)
síorchaint f (“(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caint	chaint	gcaint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cainnt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cainnt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 106
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “caint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “caint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
“caint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.