ceannphort

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cennphort (capital).

Noun

ceannphort m (genitive singular ceannphoirt, nominative plural ceannphoirt)

  1. chief place, capital
  2. alternative form of ceannfort
Declension
Declension of ceannphort (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceannphort ceannphoirt
vocative a cheannphoirt a cheannphorta
genitive ceannphoirt ceannphort
dative ceannphort ceannphoirt
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceannphort na ceannphoirt
genitive an cheannphoirt na gceannphort
dative leis an gceannphort
don cheannphort
leis na ceannphoirt
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

ceannphort m (genitive singular ceannphoirt, nominative plural ceannphorta)

  1. alternative form of ceannbheart
Declension
Declension of ceannphort (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceannphort ceannphorta
vocative a cheannphoirt a cheannphorta
genitive ceannphoirt ceannphort
dative ceannphort ceannphorta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceannphort na ceannphorta
genitive an cheannphoirt na gceannphort
dative leis an gceannphort
don cheannphort
leis na ceannphorta

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannphort
radical lenition eclipsis
ceannphort cheannphort gceannphort

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