cáinte

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See also: cainte

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːn̠ʲtʲə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkæːn̠ʲtʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cáinte (“satirist, lampooner”), from cáinid (“reviles, rails at, reproaches”).

Noun

cáinte m (genitive singular cáinte, nominative plural cáintí)

(literary) satirist, lampooner

Declension

Declension of cáinte

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cáinte	cáintí
Vocative	a cháinte	a cháintí
Genitive	cáinte	cáintí
Dative	cáinte	cáintí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cáinte	na cáintí
Genitive	an cháinte	na gcáintí
Dative	leis an gcáinte don cháinte	leis na cáintí

Derived terms

bancháinte (“female satirist, female lampooner”)

Etymology 2

Participle

cáinte

past participle of cáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cáinte	cháinte	gcáinte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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