cáis
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cais"
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish cáise, from Latin cāseus.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cáis f (genitive singular cáise, nominative plural cáiseanna)
- cheese
- Is maith liom cáis Fhrancach. ― I like French cheese.
Declension
[edit]Declension of cáis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- cáis Parma (“Parmesan cheese”)
- cáis uachtair
- cáis Eilvéiseach (“Swiss cheese”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]cáis m
- inflection of cás:
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cáis | cháis | gcáis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cáis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cáis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40
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