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Irish
Etymology 1
From canta (“chunk”) + -áil.
Verb
cantáil (present analytic cantálann, future analytic cantálfaidh, verbal noun cantáil, past participle cantáilte)
- (transitive, intransitive) break off in chunks
- (transitive, intransitive) grab, devour
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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cantálaim
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cantálann tú;
cantálair†
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cantálann sé, sí
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cantálaimid
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cantálann sibh
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cantálann siad;
cantálaid†
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a chantálann; a chantálas /
a gcantálann*; a gcantálas*
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cantáiltear
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| past
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chantáil mé; chantálas
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chantáil tú; chantálais
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chantáil sé, sí
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chantálamar; chantáil muid
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chantáil sibh; chantálabhair
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chantáil siad; chantáladar
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a chantáil /
ar chantáil*
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cantáladh
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| past habitual
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chantálainn / gcantálainn‡‡
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chantáilteá / gcantáilteᇇ
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chantáladh sé, sí / gcantáladh sé, s퇇
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chantálaimis; chantáladh muid / gcantálaimis‡‡; gcantáladh muid‡‡
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chantáladh sibh / gcantáladh sibh‡‡
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chantálaidís; chantáladh siad / gcantálaidís‡‡; gcantáladh siad‡‡
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a chantáladh /
a gcantáladh*
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chantáiltí / gcantáilt퇇
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| future
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cantálfaidh mé;
cantálfad
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cantálfaidh tú;
cantálfair†
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cantálfaidh sé, sí
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cantálfaimid;
cantálfaidh muid
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cantálfaidh sibh
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cantálfaidh siad;
cantálfaid†
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a chantálfaidh; a chantálfas /
a gcantálfaidh*; a gcantálfas*
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cantálfar
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| conditional
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chantálfainn / gcantálfainn‡‡
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chantálfá / gcantálfᇇ
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chantálfadh sé, sí / gcantálfadh sé, s퇇
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chantálfaimis; chantálfadh muid / gcantálfaimis‡‡; gcantálfadh muid‡‡
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chantálfadh sibh / gcantálfadh sibh‡‡
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chantálfaidís; chantálfadh siad / gcantálfaidís‡‡; gcantálfadh siad‡‡
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a chantálfadh /
a gcantálfadh*
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chantálfaí / gcantálfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go gcantála mé;
go gcantálad†
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go gcantála tú;
go gcantálair†
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go gcantála sé, sí
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go gcantálaimid;
go gcantála muid
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go gcantála sibh
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go gcantála siad;
go gcantálaid†
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go gcantáiltear
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| past
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dá gcantálainn
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dá gcantáilteá
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dá gcantáladh sé, sí
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dá gcantálaimis;
dá gcantáladh muid
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dá gcantáladh sibh
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dá gcantálaidís;
dá gcantáladh siad
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—
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dá gcantáiltí
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| imperative
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cantálaim
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cantáil
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cantáladh sé, sí
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cantálaimis
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cantálaigí;
cantálaidh†
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cantálaidís
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cantáiltear
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| verbal noun
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cantáil
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| past participle
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cantáilte
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*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)
- verbal noun of cantáil
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
cantáil f (genitive singular cantála)
- (nonstandard) verbal noun of can
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cantáil
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chantáil
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gcantáil
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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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