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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
cainte f sg
- genitive singular of caint (“speech; talking”)
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cainte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cainte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024