cáinteoir

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See also: cainteoir

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cáinteoir m (genitive singular cáinteora, nominative plural cáinteoirí)

  1. critic, denunciator, detractor, disparager, faultfinder
    Synonyms: brabúsaí, cáinseach, cáinseoir, clamhsánaí, lochtóir, priocaire, sporaí

Declension

Declension of cáinteoir (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cáinteoir cáinteoirí
vocative a cháinteoir a cháinteoirí
genitive cáinteora cáinteoirí
dative cáinteoir cáinteoirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cáinteoir na cáinteoirí
genitive an cháinteora na gcáinteoirí
dative leis an gcáinteoir
don cháinteoir
leis na cáinteoirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáinteoir
radical lenition eclipsis
cáinteoir cháinteoir gcáinteoir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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