ardcheannas

Irish

Etymology

From ard- (“high, arch-, chief”) +‎ ceannas (“headship, sovereignty; authority, command”) or ardcheann (“superior”, noun) +‎ -as.

Noun

ardcheannas m (genitive singular ardcheannais)

1. supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty
2. (military) high command

Declension

Declension of ardcheannas

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ardcheannas Genitive an ardcheannais Dative leis an ardcheannas don ardcheannas

Synonyms

• (overlordship): ard-aireacht, ardtiarnas
• (supremacy, sovereignty): ceannas
• (sovereignty): flaitheas, flaithiúnas

Derived terms

• ardcheannasach (“supreme, predominant; sovereign”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardcheannas	n-ardcheannas	hardcheannas	t-ardcheannas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardcheannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN