cáicín

Irish

Etymology

From cáca (“cake”) +‎ -ín (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cáicín m (genitive singular cáicín, nominative plural cáicíní)

diminutive of cáca

Declension

Declension of cáicín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cáicín	cáicíní
Vocative	a cháicín	a cháicíní
Genitive	cáicín	cáicíní
Dative	cáicín	cáicíní

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cáicín	na cáicíní
Genitive	an cháicín	na gcáicíní
Dative	leis an gcáicín don cháicín	leis na cáicíní

Derived terms

cáicín feola m
cáicín tae m (“tea-cake”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cáicín	cháicín	gcáicín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Entries containing “cáicín” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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