caoineas

Irish

Alternative forms

caoineadas

Etymology

From Old Irish caínes (“smoothness, gentleness, kindness, pleasantness”), from caín (“fine, good, fair, beautiful; soft, smooth; soft, gentle; fine, clement”); synchronically caoin +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiːnʲəsˠ/

Noun

caoineas m (genitive singular caoinis)

smoothness, gentleness

Declension

Declension of caoineas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	caoineas
Vocative	a chaoinis
Genitive	caoinis
Dative	caoineas

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an caoineas
Genitive	an chaoinis
Dative	leis an gcaoineas don chaoineas

Synonyms

caoine

Antonyms

eascaoineas (“ungentleness, roughness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caoineas	chaoineas	gcaoineas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.