ceannaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• cinnire

Etymology

ceann +‎ -aire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcan̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

ceannaire m (genitive singular ceannaire, nominative plural ceannairí)

1. leader
2. driver, conductor
3. provider
4. (military) corporal

Declension

Declension of ceannaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceannaire ceannairí Vocative a cheannaire a cheannairí Genitive ceannaire ceannairí Dative ceannaire ceannairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceannaire na ceannairí Genitive an cheannaire na gceannairí Dative leis an gceannaire don cheannaire leis na ceannairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceannaire	cheannaire	gceannaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ceannaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceannaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 126
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN