"caoine" meaning in Irish

See caoine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkiːnʲə/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], caoine [error-unrecognized-form], chaoine [lenition], gcaoine [eclipsis]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|caíne||gentleness, pleasantness, beauty}} Old Irish caíne (“gentleness, pleasantness, beauty”), {{surf|ga|caoin|-e|id1=smooth}} By surface analysis, caoin + -e Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective form|cat2=comparative adjectives}} caoine Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. inflection of caoin (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):
    genitive feminine singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, genitive, singular Form of: caoin (extra: (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):)
    Sense id: en-caoine-ga-adj-BB6KwgnW
  2. inflection of caoin (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):
    nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    Tags: dative, form-of, genitive, nominative, plural, strong, vocative Form of: caoin (extra: (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):)
    Sense id: en-caoine-ga-adj-tt8ow6F~
  3. inflection of caoin (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):
    comparative degree
    Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: caoin (extra: (“smooth, polished; kind, gentle”):)
    Sense id: en-caoine-ga-adj-cb5Tjact Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -e, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 83 5 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -e: 27 25 36 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 4 89 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 94 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːnʲə/ Forms: caoine [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chaoine [definite, nominative, singular], na caoine [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcaoine [dative, definite, singular], don chaoine [dative, definite, singular]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|caíne||gentleness, pleasantness, beauty}} Old Irish caíne (“gentleness, pleasantness, beauty”), {{surf|ga|caoin|-e|id1=smooth}} By surface analysis, caoin + -e Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caoine||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} caoine f (genitive singular caoine), {{ga-noun|f|~|-}} caoine f (genitive singular caoine)
  1. smoothness, gentleness Tags: feminine Synonyms: caoineas Derived forms: eascaoine (english: ungentleness, roughness)
    Sense id: en-caoine-ga-noun-ikhBCkPu
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