céadfa
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cétfaid (“sense, feeling, understanding, skill”), from Old Irish cétbuid, verbal noun of ceta·bí (“feels, perceives”).
Noun
editcéadfa f (genitive singular céadfa, nominative plural céadfaí)
- sense (bodily faculty)
- perception, understanding
Declension
editDeclension of céadfa
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
céadfa | chéadfa | gcéadfa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céadfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétfaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceta·bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “céadfa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “céadfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024