cae

See also: CAE, caé, -cae, ca'e, ca'é, and cáe

Irish

Noun

cae m (genitive singular cae, nominative plural caenna)

  1. Alternative form of caoth (“boghole, swamp-hole; ditch”)

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cae chae gcae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkae/

Verb

cae

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of caer.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of caer.
  3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of caer.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kay (“hedge; enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (compare Cornish ke, Breton kae, Old Irish caí), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰom (compare Latin cohum, English haw), from *kagʰ-. More at cau.

Pronunciation

Noun

cae m (plural caeau)

  1. field
    Beth yw’r ysgubor ar ganol y cae? ― What’s the barn in the middle of the field?
    [1]

Verb

cae

  1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative / future of cau

Alternative forms

  • caeiff, caeith (colloquial)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cae gae nghae chae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “cae”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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