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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /kɑin̠ʲtʲ/ [Munster], /kan̠ʲtʲ/ [Cois-Fharraige], /kain̠ʲtʲ/ [Cois-Fharraige], /kæn̠ʲtʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish cainnt (“speech, talk, conversation; act of speaking”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|cainnt|t=speech, talk, conversation; act of speaking}} Old Irish cainnt (“speech, talk, conversation; act of speaking”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cainte|||||||nominative plural|cainteanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} caint f (genitive singular cainte, nominative plural cainteanna), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~eanna}} caint f (genitive singular cainte, nominative plural cainteanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|c|aint|ainte|pl=ainteanna}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: cainte [genitive, singular], cainteanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caint [indefinite, nominative, singular], cainteanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chaint [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chainteanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], cainte [genitive, indefinite, singular], cainteanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], caint [dative, indefinite, singular], cainteanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chaint [definite, nominative, singular], na cainteanna [definite, nominative, plural], na cainte [definite, genitive, singular], na gcainteanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcaint [dative, definite, singular], don chaint [dative, definite, singular], leis na cainteanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caint [mutation, mutation-radical], chaint [lenition, mutation], gcaint [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. speech Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caint-ga-noun-BfthetVD
  2. talking (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-caint-ga-noun-1hS9njm4 Disambiguation of Talking: 2 98 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cainnt (english: superseded) Derived forms: alamais chainte (english: incoherent speech) [feminine], bolgchaint (english: ventriloquism) [feminine], cainteach (english: talkative, chatty), cainteoir (english: speaker) [masculine], mionchaint (english: small talk) [feminine], síorchaint (english: (act of) talking continually; never-ending talk) [feminine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "incoherent speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alamais chainte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ventriloquism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bolgchaint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "cainteach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "speaker",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cainteoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "small talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mionchaint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "síorchaint"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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      "form": "cainte",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cainteanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chaint",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "caint",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "na cainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcaint",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chaint",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "caint",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaint",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcaint",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    }
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        "14": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "speech",
          "speech"
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        "feminine"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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        },
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            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "He's talking to me",
          "text": "Tá sé ag caint liom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "talking (acting as a verbal noun for a verb with no finite forms)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "talk",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɑin̠ʲtʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kan̠ʲtʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kain̠ʲtʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæn̠ʲtʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "superseded",
      "word": "cainnt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caint"
}
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    "Irish entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ga:Talking"
  ],
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      "english": "incoherent speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alamais chainte"
    },
    {
      "english": "ventriloquism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bolgchaint"
    },
    {
      "english": "talkative, chatty",
      "word": "cainteach"
    },
    {
      "english": "speaker",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cainteoir"
    },
    {
      "english": "small talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mionchaint"
    },
    {
      "english": "(act of) talking continually; never-ending talk",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "cainte",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "cainteanna",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "a chaint",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "caint",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "na cainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcainteanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chaint",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "leis na cainteanna",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chaint",
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      "form": "gcaint",
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      ]
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        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
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        "Munster"
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      "ipa": "/kan̠ʲtʲ/",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/kain̠ʲtʲ/",
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        "Cois-Fharraige"
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      "ipa": "/kæn̠ʲtʲ/",
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      "word": "cainnt"
    }
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