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Irish
Etymology
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Noun
cáinteoir m (genitive singular cáinteora, nominative plural cáinteoirí)
- critic, denunciator, detractor, disparager, faultfinder
- Synonyms: brabúsaí, cáinseach, cáinseoir, clamhsánaí, lochtóir, priocaire, sporaí
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cáinteoir
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cháinteoir
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gcáinteoir
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáinteoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáinteoir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cáinteoir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024