Adjective: caoin
Declension: 1
| Singular Nominative | caoin |
| Singular Genitive Masc. | caoin |
| Singular Genitive Fem. | caoine |
| Plural Nominative | caoine |
Comparative
| níos caoine |
| ní ba chaoine |
Adjectives inflected like caoin
aibéil,
aimhréidh,
aimrid,
anaithnid,
aonraic,
binn,
caoin,
comhchruinn,
comhréidh,
cuideáin,
cómhaith,
cúthail,
deismir,
diail,
dil,
doilbh,
doiléir,
duairc,
duthain,
dáigh, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Irish caín.
Translations
cry, intransitive: to weep
lament, express grief
lament, bewail
mourn, express sadness for, grieve over
weep, to cry, shed tears