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keen

(adj): having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

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(adj): vs. unperceptive) -- (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment

(adj): intense or sharp

(adj): vs. mild) -- (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

(adj): predicate), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing -- (very good

(adj): vs. bad) -- (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

(adj): painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

(adj): vs. dull) -- (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

(adj): having a sharp cutting edge or point

(adj): vs. dull) -- (having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

(n): a funeral lament sung with loud wailing

(n): a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person

(v): express grief verbally

(v): give verbal or other expression to one's feelings

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10 months ago sionnach said:

c_b: Yes, modulo regional differences. It seems to me that the match would be closest in Ulster, whereas in Munster we would pronounce it closer to "queen".

10 months ago chained_bear said:

Sionnach, is caoineadh pronounced the same as the English word keen?

about 1 year ago sionnach said:

the verb keen, meaning to wail as if in mourning, derives from the Irish word 'caoineadh'

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