caoin

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kiːnʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish caín. ==== Adjective ==== caoin (genitive singular masculine caoin, genitive singular feminine caoine, plural caoine, comparative caoine) smooth, delicate, polished kind, gentle, refined ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish caín (“smooth finished side”), a substantivization of caín (“fine, beautiful”). ==== Noun ==== caoin f (genitive singular caoine) smooth surface ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (“lament”)). ==== Verb ==== caoin (present analytic caoineann, future analytic caoinfidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe) (ambitransitive) to keen, lament (ambitransitive) to cry, weep ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== éagaoin ===== Descendants ===== → English: keen === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caoin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “caoin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “caoin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Scottish Gaelic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰɯːɲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish caínid, from Old Irish coínid, from Brythonic (compare Welsh cwyn (“lament”)). ==== Verb ==== caoin (past chaoin, future caoinidh, verbal noun caoineadh, past participle caointe) mourn, lament, grieve Synonym: caoidh cry, weep Synonym: guil === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish caín (“smooth finished side; especially the outer surface of a wall, etc.”), a substantivization of caín (“fine, beautiful”). ==== Noun ==== caoin f (genitive singular caoine, no plural) exterior, outer side (of garment) Antonym: ascaoin ===== Derived terms ===== caoin air ascaoin (“inside out”) === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “caoin”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 caín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caínid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language