cáise

See also: caise, càise, and cǎisè

Irish

Noun

cáise f

  1. genitive singular of cáis (“cheese”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cáise cháise gcáise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cāseus.

Noun

cáise m

  1. cheese
    Synonyms: fáiscre, grús, maethal, tanach

Inflection
Masculine io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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

References
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