canúint na tíre
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “dialect of the country”
Noun
[edit]canúint na tíre f (genitive singular canúint na tíre, nominative plural canúintí na tíre)
- (linguistics) vernacular
- Synonyms: teanga an phobail, teanga choiteann, teanga dhúchais
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| canúint na tíre | chanúint na tíre | gcanúint na tíre |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canúint na tíre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canúint na tíre”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm