cáfraith
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cáith (“chaff”) + bruith (“boiling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cáfraith f (genitive singular cáfraithe)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cáfraith
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cáfraith | cháfraith | gcáfraith |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “cáfraith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 311, page 109
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáthbruith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáṫ-ḃruiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáfraith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN