caoine

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish caíne (“gentleness, pleasantness, beauty”), from caín (“fine, good, fair, beautiful; soft, smooth; soft, gentle; fine, clement”). By surface analysis, caoin +‎ -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲə/ === Noun === caoine f (genitive singular caoine) smoothness, gentleness ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== caoineas ==== Derived terms ==== eascaoine (“ungentleness, roughness”) === Adjective === caoine inflection of caoin (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”): genitive feminine singular nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural comparative degree === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caoine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 caíne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === caoine f genitive singular of caoin