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ceannann

Irish

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FWOTD – 8 March 2016

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cenann, a compound of cenn (“head”) +‎ finn (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennowindos (“white-headed”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ceannann (genitive singular masculine ceannainn, genitive singular feminine ceannainne, plural ceannanna, not comparable)

  1. having a white face, having a blaze on the forehead (of animals)

Declension

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Declension of ceannann
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ceannann cheannann ceannanna;
cheannanna²
Vocative cheannainn ceannanna
Genitive ceannainne ceannanna ceannann
Dative ceannann;
cheannann¹ 		cheannann;
cheannainn (archaic) 		ceannanna;
cheannanna²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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Noun

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ceannann m (genitive singular ceannainn, nominative plural ceannainn)

  1. a white-faced animal, an animal with a blaze on its forehead

Declension

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Declension of ceannann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceannann ceannainn
Vocative a cheannainn a cheannanna
Genitive ceannainn ceannann
Dative ceannann ceannainn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceannann na ceannainn
Genitive an cheannainn na gceannann
Dative leis an gceannann

don cheannann

leis na ceannainn

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceannann cheannann gceannann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 75

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