cainneann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnenn, cainenn (“garlic, leeks, onion”), from Proto-Celtic *kasninā.

Noun

cainneann f (genitive singular cainninne, nominative plural cainneanna)

1. leek

Declension

Declension of cainneann

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cainneann cainneanna Vocative a chainneann a chainneanna Genitive cainninne cainneann Dative cainneann cainneanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chainneann na cainneanna Genitive na cainninne na gcainneann Dative leis an gcainneann don chainneann leis na cainneanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cainneann	chainneann	gcainneann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cainneann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cainnenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN