ardcheannas

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Irish

Etymology

From ard- (“high, arch-, chief”) +‎ ceannas (“headship, sovereignty; authority, command”) or ardcheann (“superior”, noun) +‎ -as.

Noun

ardcheannas m (genitive singular ardcheannais)

  1. supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty
  2. (military) high command

Declension

Declension of ardcheannas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ardcheannas
vocative a ardcheannais
genitive ardcheannais
dative ardcheannas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-ardcheannas
genitive an ardcheannais
dative leis an ardcheannas
don ardcheannas

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardcheannas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardcheannas n-ardcheannas hardcheannas t-ardcheannas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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