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caoin

[kʰɯːɲ]

verb

LanguageScottish Gaelic

Meaning
  1. mourn, lament, grieve
  2. cry, weep
  3. mourn
  4. To express deep sorrow or sadness, often for someone who has died, or simply to weep.
Examples

Bha i a' caoin a caraid.

She was mourning her friend.

Pronunciationkʰɯːɲ

Part of speechverb

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 3 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.