ceaintín

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English canteen.

Noun

ceaintín m (genitive singular ceaintín, nominative plural ceaintíní)

  1. can, tin
    Synonym: canna
  2. canteen (restaurant)
    Synonym: bialann
  3. canteen (bottle)

Declension

Declension of ceaintín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceaintín ceaintíní
vocative a cheaintín a cheaintíní
genitive ceaintín ceaintíní
dative ceaintín ceaintíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ceaintín na ceaintíní
genitive an cheaintín na gceaintíní
dative leis an gceaintín
don cheaintín
leis na ceaintíní

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceaintín
radical lenition eclipsis
ceaintín cheaintín gceaintín

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

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