ceanntréan

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Irish

Alternative forms

ceann-tréan, ceanntreun, ceann-treun, ceinn-treun, cinntréan, cinn-tréan (obsolete)

Etymology

From ceann +‎ tréan, a calque of English headstrong or possibly of its Middle English ancestor .

Adjective

ceanntréan (genitive singular masculine ceanntréin, genitive singular feminine ceanntréine, plural ceanntréana, comparative ceanntreise)

  1. obstinate, headstrong, wilful
    Synonyms: ceanndána, dáigh

Declension

Declension of ceanntréan
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ceanntréan cheanntréan ceanntréana;
cheanntréana2
vocative cheanntréin ceanntréana
genitive ceanntréine ceanntréana ceanntréan
dative ceanntréan;
cheanntréan1 		cheanntréan;
cheanntréin (archaic) 		ceanntréana;
cheanntréana2
Comparative níos ceanntreise
Superlative is ceanntreise

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceanntréan
radical lenition eclipsis
ceanntréan cheanntréan gceanntréan

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

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