Ceanada

Irish

Etymology

From French Canada, from Laurentian kanata (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcanˠəd̪ˠə/

Proper noun

Ceanada m (genitive Ceanada)

1. Canada (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Ceanada

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Ceanada Vocative a Cheanada Genitive Ceanada Dative Ceanada

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Ceanada Genitive an Cheanada Dative leis an gCeanada don Cheanada

Derived terms

• Ceanadach (“Canadian”, adjective)
• Ceanadach (“Canadian”, noun)
• Fraincis Cheanada f (“Canadian French”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Ceanada	Cheanada	gCeanada
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Canada”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ceanada”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm