canaid

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Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

canaid

  1. (Munster) third-person plural present indicative of can

Usage notes

The equivalent in the standard language is the analytic construction canann siad.

Mutation

Mutated forms of canaid
radical lenition eclipsis
canaid chanaid gcanaid

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kaneti (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Pronunciation

Verb

canaid (conjunct ·cain, verbal noun cétal)

  1. to sing

Inflection

Simple, class B I present, reduplicated preterite, a future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. canu cani canaid canait canair caniter
conj. ·cun; ·canim ·cain ·canat ·canar ·cantar
rel. canas canmae cantae
imperfect indicative ·canad ·cantais ·cainte
preterite abs. cáchain
conj. ·cechainn
rel.
perfect deut. ro·cachain ro·cachnutar ru·cét ro·céta
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs. canaid
conj. ·cana ·canat
rel.
past subjunctive
imperative cain canad canaid cantar
verbal noun cétal
past participle céte
verbal of necessity ceti

Quotations

  • Old Irish treatise on the Psalter, published in Hibernica Minora, (1894, Oxford: Clarendon Press), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, page 6, line 186
    Ceist: in tre metur fa tre prois ro·céta int psailm?
    A question: were the psalms sung in meter or in prose?
  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 64a13
    Ní fris ru·chét a profeta.
    It is not with respect to it that it was sung by the prophet.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: can
  • Scottish Gaelic: can

Mutation

Mutation of canaid
radical lenition nasalization
canaid chanaid canaid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

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