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cáise

cáise

See also: caise, càise, and cǎisè

Irish

Noun

cáise f

genitive singular of cáis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cáise	cháise	gcáise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin cāseus.

Noun

cáise m

cheese

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

fáiscre
grús
maethal
tanach

Descendants

Irish: cáis
Manx: caashey
Scottish Gaelic: càise

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cáise	cháise	cáise pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.