caoineadh

Irish

Etymology 1

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

Pronunciation

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 the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • Past autonomous form
    • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəɡ/
    • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲəvˠ/
    • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲuː/
    • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲu/
  • Imperative form

Verb

caoineadh

  1. inflection of caoin:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of caoineadh
radical lenition eclipsis
caoineadh chaoineadh gcaoineadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 22, page 6
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 169
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 33, page 10
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 48

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “caoineaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 161; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caoineadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

Pronunciation

  • (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɯːɲəɣ/[1][2]
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔːɲəɣ/ (corresponding to the form còineadh)

Noun

caoineadh m (genitive singular caoinidh)

  1. verbal noun of caoin
  2. weeping, crying
    a' gal is a' caoineadh ― weeping and wailing
  3. lamenting
  4. elegy, lamentation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caoineadh

  1. second/third-person conditional dependent of caoin

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 309
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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