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Irish
Etymology
From ceann (“head”) + beart (“covering, garment”).
Noun
ceannbheart m (genitive singular ceannbhirt, nominative plural ceannbhearta) or
ceannbheart f (genitive singular ceannbhirte, nominative plural ceannbhearta)
- headgear; helmet, headdress
- Synonyms: cafarr, clogad
Declension
As masculine first-declension noun:
Declension of ceannbheart
As feminine second-declension noun:
Declension of ceannbheart
Mutation
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannbheart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceannbheart”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceannbheart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024