caoineadh

Irish

Etymology 1

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲu/

Noun

caoineadh m (genitive singular caointe, nominative plural caointe)

  1. verbal noun of caoin
  2. keening, lamenting
  3. weeping, crying
  4. an elegy
  5. (poetry) a form of meter used for elegies
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲu/

Verb

caoineadh

  1. past indicative autonomous of caoin

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiːnʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiːnʲu/

Verb

caoineadh

  1. inflection of caoin:
    1. past subjunctive analytic
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caoineadh chaoineadh gcaoineadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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