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ceird

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cerd,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from the root *kerd- (“craft”). Doublet of ceard.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ceird f (genitive singular ceirde, nominative plural ceirdeanna)

  1. trade, craft; occupation

Declension

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Declension of ceird (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceird ceirdeanna
vocative a cheird a cheirdeanna
genitive ceirde ceirdeanna
dative ceird ceirdeanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cheird na ceirdeanna
genitive na ceirde na gceirdeanna
dative leis an gceird
don cheird 		leis na ceirdeanna

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ceird
radical lenition eclipsis
ceird cheird gceird

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34

Further reading

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