canaid

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn̪ˠədʲ/

Verb

canaid

  1. (Munster) third-person plural present indicative of can

Usage notes

The equivalent in the standard language is the analytic construction canann siad.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
canaid chanaid gcanaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kaneti (compare Welsh canu), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaniðʲ/

Verb

canaid (conjunct ·cain, verbal noun cainnt or cétal)

  1. to sing

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: can
  • Scottish Gaelic: can

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
canaid chanaid canaid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • canaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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