canúint

Irish

Alternative forms

  • canúin
  • canamhain, canamhaint (superseded)
  • canmhaint, canamhuin, canamhuin (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish canamain (“singing, chanting”), verbal noun of canaid. By surface analysis, can +‎ -úint.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑˈn̪ˠuːnʲtʲ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnwənʲtʲ/ (as if spelled canmhaint)[3], /ˈkɑnˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/[4], /ˈkanˠuːn̠ʲtʲ/[5]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkanˠũːn̠ʲtʲ/[6]

Noun

canúint f (genitive singular canúna, nominative plural canúintí)

  1. dialect, idiom, lingo, accent

Declension

Declension of canúint (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative canúint canúintí
vocative a chanúint a chanúintí
genitive canúna canúintí
dative canúint canúintí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chanúint na canúintí
genitive na canúna na gcanúintí
dative leis an gcanúint
don chanúint 		leis na canúintí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of canúint
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

  1. ^ “canúint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “canúint”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 147
  4. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 36
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 495, page 135
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 21

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