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Irish
Etymology 1
caoin + -adh (verbal noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
caoineadh m (genitive singular caointe, nominative plural caointe)
- verbal noun of caoin
- keening, lamenting
- weeping, crying
- an elegy
- (poetry) a form of meter used for elegies
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Past autonomous form
- Past subjunctive and imperative forms
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲəx/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲu/
Verb
caoineadh
- inflection of caoin:
- past indicative autonomous
- past subjunctive analytic
- third-person singular imperative
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
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
caoin + -adh (verbal noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
caoineadh m (genitive singular caoinidh)
- verbal noun of caoin
- weeping, crying
- a' gal is a' caoineadh ― weeping and wailing
- lamenting
- elegy, lamentation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
caoineadh
- second/third-person conditional dependent of caoin