From ceannas (“headship, sovereignty; authority, command; forwardness, self-assertiveness”) + -ach.
ceannasach (genitive singular masculine ceannasaigh, genitive singular feminine ceannasaí, plural ceannasacha, comparative ceannasaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ceannasach | cheannasach | ceannasacha; cheannasacha² | |
Vocative | cheannasaigh | ceannasacha | ||
Genitive | ceannasaí | ceannasacha | ceannasach | |
Dative | ceannasach; cheannasach¹ |
cheannasach; cheannasaigh (archaic) |
ceannasacha; cheannasacha² | |
Comparative | níos ceannasaí | |||
Superlative | is ceannasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
ceannasach m (genitive singular ceannasaigh, nominative plural ceannasaigh)
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceannasach | cheannasach | gceannasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From Old Irish cennasach. By surface analysis, ceannas + -ach.
ceannasach (genitive singular masculine ceannasaich, comparative ceannasaiche)
radical | lenition |
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ceannasach | cheannasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.