canúint
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”) (verbal noun of canaid). By surface analysis, can + -úint.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑˈn̪ˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkanˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkanˠũn̠ʲtʲ/[2]
Noun
canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)
Declension
Derived terms
- ardchanúint (“acrolect”)
- bhunchanúint (“basolect”)
- canúint na tíre (“the vernacular”)
- canúnach (“dialectl”)
- eitneachanúint
- féinchanúint (“idiolect”)
- lárchanúint
- meánchanúint (“mesolect”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| canúint | chanúint | gcanúint |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “canúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúint”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “canúint”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024