caithne
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkahɪnʲɪ]
Noun
caithne f (genitive singular caithne, nominative plural caithní)
- An arbutus, particularly the strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
Declension
Declension of caithne
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- crann caithne (“strawberry tree”)
- úll caithne (“arbutus berry”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caithne | chaithne | gcaithne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "caithne" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “caithne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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