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ceannann

Irish edit

FWOTD – 8 March 2016

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

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 edit

Noun edit

ceannann m (genitive singular ceannainn, nominative plural ceannainn)

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

Declension edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 75

Further reading edit

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