caife – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of caife

Noun: caife

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativecaife
Singular Genitivecaife
Plural Nominativecaifí
Plural Genitivecaifí

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean caife
Singular Genitivean chaife
Plural Nominativena caifí
Plural Genitivena gcaifí

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like caife

abhcóide, achtúire, aerstráice, aibhinne, ailtire, ancaire, aoire, artaire, bainne, bairille, baiste, baoite, bataire, bille, binse, bleachtaire, blúire, bolscaire, bonnphointe, brainse, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé. See: Italian Nouns 'caffè'.

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