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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”) (verbal noun of canaid). By surface analysis, can + -úint.
Pronunciation
Noun
canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)
- dialect, idiom, lingo, accent
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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canúint
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chanúint
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gcanúint
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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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References
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “canaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 113
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “canúint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024