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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.
Noun
cáis f (genitive singular cáise, nominative plural cáiseanna)
- cheese
- Is maith liom cáis Fhrancach. ― I like French cheese.
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cáis m
- inflection of cás:
- vocative/genitive singular
- (nonstandard) nominative/dative plural
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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cáis
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cháis
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gcáis
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40