ceithearnach
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”). By surface analysis, ceithearn (“kern, band of fighting-men”) + -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceatharnach.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcahəɾˠn̪ˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the from ceatharnach)
Noun
ceithearnach m (genitive singular ceithearnaigh, nominative plural ceithearnaigh)
Declension
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Synonyms
- (pawn): fichillín
See also
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| rí | banríon | caiseal | easpag | ridire | ceithearnach, fichillín |
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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| ceithearnach | cheithearnach | gceithearnach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceithearnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceithernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language