ceartán

Irish

Alternative forms

• cartán (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish certán, from Old Irish cert (“louse, tick”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠt̪ˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the alternative form cartán)

Noun

ceartán m (genitive singular ceartáin, nominative plural ceartáin)

1. tick

Declension

Declension of ceartán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceartán ceartáin Vocative a cheartáin a cheartána Genitive ceartáin ceartán Dative ceartán ceartáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceartán na ceartáin Genitive an cheartáin na gceartán Dative leis an gceartán don cheartán leis na ceartáin

Derived terms

• ceartán caorach (“sheep-louse”)
• míol ceartáin (“crab-louse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceartán	cheartán	gceartán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceartán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 certán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language