"cainnt" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See cainnt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaiɲtʰʲ/
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=|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=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} 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 Categories (topical): Language
    Sense id: en-cainnt-gd-noun-1ANoDjVX Disambiguation of Language: 38 20 42 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 36 25 39
  2. discourse, conversation Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Language
    Sense id: en-cainnt-gd-noun-4Rb5P8GN Disambiguation of Language: 38 20 42 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 36 25 39
  3. language, tongue Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Language
    Sense id: en-cainnt-gd-noun-GSYYUYQQ Disambiguation of Language: 38 20 42 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 41 14 45 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 36 25 39
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",
      "word": "cainnt-chluich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "sign language",
      "word": "cainnt-sanais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "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": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "plural",
        "18": "cainntean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "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": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "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": "41 14 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 25 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 20 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Language",
          "orig": "gd:Language",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speech, language"
      ],
      "id": "en-cainnt-gd-noun-1ANoDjVX",
      "links": [
        [
          "speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 14 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 25 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 20 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Language",
          "orig": "gd:Language",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "discourse, conversation"
      ],
      "id": "en-cainnt-gd-noun-4Rb5P8GN",
      "links": [
        [
          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ],
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 14 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 25 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 20 42",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Language",
          "orig": "gd:Language",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language, tongue"
      ],
      "id": "en-cainnt-gd-noun-GSYYUYQQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaiɲtʰʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "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 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",
      "word": "cainnt-chluich"
    },
    {
      "english": "sign language",
      "word": "cainnt-sanais"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "gnàthas-cainnt"
    },
    {
      "english": "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": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "plural",
        "18": "cainntean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "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": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "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": "/kʰaiɲtʰʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "language",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "cànan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cainnt"
}

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