ceannann

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Irish

FWOTD – 8 March 2016

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cenann, a compound of cenn (“head”) +‎ finn (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennowindos (“white-headed”).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceannann (genitive singular masculine ceannainn, genitive singular feminine ceannainne, plural ceannanna, not comparable)

  1. having a white face, having a blaze on the forehead (of animals)

Declension

Declension of ceannann
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ceannann cheannann ceannanna;
cheannanna2
vocative cheannainn ceannanna
genitive ceannainne ceannanna ceannann
dative ceannann;
cheannann1 		cheannann;
cheannainn (archaic) 		ceannanna;
cheannanna2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Noun

ceannann m (genitive singular ceannainn, nominative plural ceannainn)

  1. a white-faced animal, an animal with a blaze on its forehead

Declension

Declension of ceannann (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceannann ceannainn
vocative a cheannainn a cheannanna
genitive ceannainn ceannann
dative ceannann ceannainn
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ceannann na ceannainn
genitive an cheannainn na gceannann
dative leis an gceannann
don cheannann 		leis na ceannainn

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannann
radical lenition eclipsis
ceannann cheannann gceannann

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 75; reprinted 2017

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