canúint
Irish
Alternative forms
- canúin
- canamhain, canamhaint (superseded)
- canmhaint, canamhuin, canamhuin (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”) (verbal noun of canaid). By surface analysis, can + -úint.
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of canúint
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- canúint na tíre (“the vernacular”)
- canúnach
- eitneachanúint
- féinchanúint
- lárchanúint
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| canúint | chanúint | gcanúint |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “canúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “canaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 113
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canúint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “canúint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “canúint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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