ceard

See also: ceàrd, cèard, and céard

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceárd (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /cɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /caːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cerd, from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”). Doublet of ceird.

Noun

ceard m (genitive singular cearda, nominative plural cearda)

1. artisan

Declension

Declension of ceard

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceard cearda Vocative a cheard a chearda Genitive cearda ceard Dative ceard cearda

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceard na cearda Genitive an chearda na gceard Dative leis an gceard don cheard leis na cearda

Synonyms

• ceardaí

Derived terms

• ceardaí
• ceardúil

Descendants

• → English: caird

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceárd”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 128
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

ceard f (genitive singular ceirde, nominative plural ceirdeanna)

1. Alternative form of ceird (“trade, craft”)

Declension

Declension of ceard

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceard ceirdeanna Vocative a cheard a cheirdeanna Genitive ceirde ceirdeanna Dative ceard ceirdeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheard na ceirdeanna Genitive na ceirde na gceirdeanna Dative leis an gceard don cheard leis na ceirdeanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceard	cheard	gceard
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.