canúint

Irish

Alternative forms
  • canúin
  • canmhaint, canamhain, canamhaint, canamhuin, canamhuin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”) (verbal noun of canaid); surface analysis can +‎ -úint.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈn̪ˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkanˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkanˠũn̠ʲtʲ/[1]

Noun

canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)

  1. dialect, idiom, lingo, accent

Declension
Declension of canúint

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canúint canúintí
Vocative a chanúint a chanúintí
Genitive canúna canúintí
Dative canúint canúintí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chanúint na canúintí
Genitive na canúna na gcanúintí
Dative leis an gcanúint

don chanúint

 leis na canúintí

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
canúint chanúint gcanúint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21

Further reading
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