ceannfort

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceannphort

Etymology

From Old Irish cennphort (“chief, leader”).

Noun

ceannfort m (genitive singular ceannfoirt, nominative plural ceannfoirt)

1. commander, leader
2. (military) commandant
3. (law enforcement) superintendent

Declension

Declension of ceannfort

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceannfort ceannfoirt Vocative a cheannfoirt a cheannforta Genitive ceannfoirt ceannfort Dative ceannfort ceannfoirt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceannfort na ceannfoirt Genitive an cheannfoirt na gceannfort Dative leis an gceannfort don cheannfort leis na ceannfoirt

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceannfort	cheannfort	gceannfort
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.