ceart

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine cirt, genitive singular feminine cirte, plural cearta, comparative cirte)

  1. right, correct
  2. just, fair, rightful
  3. true, honest
  4. authentic

Declension

Declension of ceart
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ceart cheart cearta;
chearta²
Vocative chirt cearta
Genitive cirte cearta ceart
Dative ceart;
cheart¹ 		cheart;
chirt (archaic) 		cearta;
chearta²
Comparative níos cirte
Superlative is cirte

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “just, fair, rightful”): aincheart

Derived terms

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular cirt, nominative plural cearta)

  1. (law) a right
  2. justice
  3. truth, honesty

Declension

Declension of ceart

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceart cearta
Vocative a chirt a chearta
Genitive cirt ceart
Dative ceart cearta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceart na cearta
Genitive an chirt na gceart
Dative leis an gceart

don cheart

leis na cearta

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceart cheart gceart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 44, page 23
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 102, page 40

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cert, from Latin certus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ceart m (genitive singular ceirt, plural ceartan)

  1. right

Adjective

ceart (genitive singular masculine ceirt, genitive singular feminine ceirte, nominative plural cearta, comparative ceirte)

  1. accurate, correct, right (as opposed to incorrect), true, even-handed
  2. right (as opposed to left)
  3. honest, proper
  4. just, upright, fair, in order, same
  5. very

Declension

Declension of ceart (type I adjective)
Masculine Feminine Plural
Nominative ceart cheart cearta
Genitive cheirt ceirte cearta
Dative ceart cheirt cearta
Vocative cheirt cheart cearta

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ceart cheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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