canú

See also: canu and cañu

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English canoe, from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Noun

canú m (genitive singular canú, nominative plural canúnna)

  1. canoe

Declension
Declension of canú

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative canú canúnna
Vocative a chanú a chanúnna
Genitive canú canúnna
Dative canú canúnna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an canú na canúnna
Genitive an chanú na gcanúnna
Dative leis an gcanú

don chanú

 leis na canúnna

Synonyms

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