cáithnín

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cáithne +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

Noun

cáithnín m (genitive singular cáithnín, nominative plural cáithníní)

  1. mote, particle, speck
    cáithnín deannaigh ― speck of dust
  2. (physics) particle
  3. fleck, small flake
    Synonym: calóg
  4. poser (particularly difficult question or puzzle)
  5. (in the plural) goose flesh, goose bumps
  6. snowflake
    Synonym: calóg shneachta
  7. (obsolete) husk (exterior of certain vegetables or fruits)
    Synonym: crotal

Declension

Declension of cáithnín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cáithnín cáithníní
vocative a cháithnín a cháithníní
genitive cáithnín cáithníní
dative cáithnín cáithníní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cáithnín na cáithníní
genitive an cháithnín na gcáithníní
dative leis an gcáithnín
don cháithnín 		leis na cáithníní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáithnín
radical lenition eclipsis
cáithnín cháithnín gcáithnín

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

References

  1. ^ “cáithnín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáithnín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

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