caoineadh

caoin +‎ -adh (verbal noun suffix)

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

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

• anuaill chaointe (“hysterical crying”)
• cluiche caointe (“funeral rites, games”)

See the etymology of the main entry.

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

caoineadh

1. past indicative autonomous of caoin

See the etymology of the main entry.

• (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/

caoineadh

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

• "caoineadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.