"cainnt" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See cainnt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰãĩɲtʲ/, /kʰãĩɲdʲ/, /kʰɛɲdʲ/ (note: South Argyll)
Etymology: From Old Irish cainnt (“act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|cainnt||act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation}} Old Irish cainnt (“act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|cainnte|||||||||plural|cainntean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=cainnte|pl=cainntean}} cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean) Forms: cainnte [genitive, singular], cainntean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cainnt [indefinite, nominative, singular], cainntean [indefinite, nominative, plural], cainnte [genitive, indefinite, singular], chainntean [genitive, indefinite, plural], cainnt [dative, indefinite, singular], cainntean [dative, indefinite, plural], cainntibh [dative, indefinite, plural], (a') chainnt [definite, nominative, singular], cainntean [definite, nominative, plural], na cainntean [definite, nominative, plural], cainnte [definite, genitive, singular], na cainnte [definite, genitive, singular], cainntean [definite, genitive, plural], nan cainntean [definite, genitive, plural], (a') chainnt [dative, definite, singular], cainntean [dative, definite, plural], na cainntean [dative, definite, plural], cainntibh [dative, definite, plural], chainnt [definite, singular, vocative], chainntean [definite, plural, vocative]
  1. speech, language Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cainnt-gd-noun-1ANoDjVX Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks, Language Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 45 4 50 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters: 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 39 18 43 Disambiguation of Language: 47 0 53
  2. discourse, conversation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cainnt-gd-noun-4Rb5P8GN Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters: 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 39 18 43
  3. language, tongue Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cainnt-gd-noun-GSYYUYQQ Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks, Language Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 45 4 50 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters: 37 23 40 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 39 18 43 Disambiguation of Language: 47 0 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cànan [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: cainnt-chluich (english: pun), cainnt-sanais (english: sign language), gnàthas-cainnt [idiomatic], saorsa cainnte (english: freedom of speech)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pun",
      "translation": "pun",
      "word": "cainnt-chluich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sign language",
      "translation": "sign language",
      "word": "cainnt-sanais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "freedom of speech",
      "translation": "freedom of speech",
      "word": "saorsa cainnte"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cainnt",
        "4": "",
        "5": "act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cainnt (“act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cainnt (“act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cainnte",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "IIb feminine noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cainnte",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "cainntean",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "cainnte",
        "pl": "cainntean"
      },
      "expansion": "cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 4 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 18 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Language",
          "orig": "gd:Language",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speech, language"
      ],
      "id": "en-cainnt-gd-noun-1ANoDjVX",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 18 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "discourse, conversation"
      ],
      "id": "en-cainnt-gd-noun-4Rb5P8GN",
      "links": [
        [
          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ],
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 4 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 23 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 18 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Language",
          "orig": "gd:Language",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language, tongue"
      ],
      "id": "en-cainnt-gd-noun-GSYYUYQQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰãĩɲtʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰãĩɲdʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛɲdʲ/",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "cànan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cainnt"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic second-declension nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Language"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "pun",
      "translation": "pun",
      "word": "cainnt-chluich"
    },
    {
      "english": "sign language",
      "translation": "sign language",
      "word": "cainnt-sanais"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "english": "freedom of speech",
      "translation": "freedom of speech",
      "word": "saorsa cainnte"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cainnt",
        "4": "",
        "5": "act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cainnt (“act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cainnt (“act of speaking; speech, talk, conversation”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cainnte",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "IIb feminine noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainnte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cainntibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chainnt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chainntean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cainnte",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "cainntean",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "cainnte",
        "pl": "cainntean"
      },
      "expansion": "cainnt f (genitive singular cainnte, plural cainntean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speech, language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "discourse, conversation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ],
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "language, tongue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰãĩɲtʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰãĩɲdʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰɛɲdʲ/",
      "note": "South Argyll"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "cànan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cainnt"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.