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)
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
ceannasach | cheannasach | gceannasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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.