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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cenntar.
Noun
ceantar m (genitive singular ceantair, nominative plural ceantair)
- district, area, neighbourhood, sector, locality, country
- Synonym: dúiche
- (geology) field (region containing a particular mineral)
Declension
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Etymology 2
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Noun
ceantar m (genitive singular ceantair, nominative plural ceantair or ceantracha)
- canter
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ceantar
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cheantar
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gceantar
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cenntar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceanntar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceantar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “ceantar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ceantar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24