castainéid

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

castainéid m pl (genitive plural castainéad)

  1. (music, plural only) castanets

Declension

Declension of castainéid (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative castainéid
vocative a chastainéada
genitive castainéad
dative castainéid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative na castainéid
genitive na gcastainéad
dative leis na castainéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of castainéid
radical lenition eclipsis
castainéid chastainéid gcastainéid

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

Further reading

  • castainéid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024