caoine
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish caíne (“gentleness, pleasantness, beauty”), from caín (“fine, good, fair, beautiful; soft, smooth; soft, gentle; fine, clement”). Synchronically analyzable as caoin + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲə/
Declension
Declension of caoine
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- eascaoine (“ungentleness, roughness”)
Adjective
caoine
- inflection of caoin (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):
- genitive feminine singular
- nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
- comparative degree
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caoine | chaoine | gcaoine |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "caoine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 caíne”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
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