ceartán
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish certán, from Old Irish cert (“louse, tick”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ceartán m (genitive singular ceartáin, nominative plural ceartáin)
Declension edit
Declension of ceartán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- ceartán caorach (“sheep-louse”)
- míol ceartáin (“crab-louse”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceartán | cheartán | gceartán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceartán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 certán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language