captaen
Irish
Alternative forms
- caiftín (Ulster)
- caiptín, captaoin
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French capitaine, from Late Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput (“head”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑpˠˈt̪ˠeːn̪ˠ/
Noun
captaen m (genitive singular captaein, nominative plural captaein)
- captain (person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
- Ba ghnáthach le captaen óg luinge teacht ar cuaird go tig an cheannaidhe go minic agus do bhíodh sé ana-cheanamhail ar Mháire Bhán.
- A young ship’s captain had the custom of often visiting the merchant’s house and he was very fond of Máire Bhán.
- captain (military rank)
- captain (member of a sports team designated to make decisions)
Declension
Declension of captaen
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| captaen | chaptaen | gcaptaen |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caiptín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “captaoin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 117
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “captaen”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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