caomhnaigh

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish cáemnaid, from cáemna (“protecting, keeping”). ==== Verb ==== caomhnaigh (present analytic caomhnaíonn, future analytic caomhnóidh, verbal noun caomhnú, past participle caomhnaithe) (transitive) preserve, conserve (transitive) maintain (transitive) reserve ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== caomhnaigh inflection of caomhnach: vocative/genitive singular masculine (archaic) dative singular feminine === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caomhnaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “caomhnaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “caomhnaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáemnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language