ceanastar

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceaineastar, cionstar

Etymology

From English canister, from Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Possibly a doublet of cinstear.

Noun

ceanastar m (genitive singular ceanastair, nominative plural ceanastair)

1. canister

   Synonym: boiscín stáin

2. caster (food sprinkler)

Declension

Declension of ceanastar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceanastar ceanastair Vocative a cheanastair a cheanastara Genitive ceanastair ceanastar Dative ceanastar ceanastair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceanastar na ceanastair Genitive an cheanastair na gceanastar Dative leis an gceanastar don cheanastar leis na ceanastair

Derived terms

• ceanastar siúcra (“sugar caster”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceanastar	cheanastar	gceanastar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceanastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ceanastar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024