caint

See also: Caint and cain't

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnt (“speech, talk, conversation; act of speaking”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan̠ʲtʲ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /kan̠ʲtʲ/, /kəin̠ʲtʲ/

Noun

caint f (genitive singular cainte, nominative plural cainteanna)

  1. speech
  2. talking (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)
    Tá sé ag caint liom.
    He's talking to me

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caint chaint gcaint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “cainnt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cainnt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 106.
  • "caint" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “caint” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “caint” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “caint” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
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