cáis

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cais"

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.

Alternative forms

Noun

cáis f (genitive singular cáise, nominative plural cáiseanna)

  1. cheese
    Is maith liom cáis Fhrancach. ― I like French cheese.
Declension
Declension of cáis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cáis cáiseanna
Vocative a cháis a cháiseanna
Genitive cáise cáiseanna
Dative cáis cáiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cháis na cáiseanna
Genitive na cáise na gcáiseanna
Dative leis an gcáis

don cháis

leis na cáiseanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cáis m

  1. inflection of cás:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. (nonstandard) nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cáis cháis gcáis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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