ceithearnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceatharnach (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”). By surface analysis, ceithearn (“kern, band of fighting-men”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceatharnach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcahəɾˠn̪ˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the from ceatharnach)

Noun

ceithearnach m (genitive singular ceithearnaigh, nominative plural ceithearnaigh)

1. kern (light-armed foot soldier)
2. (chess) pawn

Declension

Declension of ceithearnach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceithearnach ceithearnaigh Vocative a cheithearnaigh a cheithearnacha Genitive ceithearnaigh ceithearnach Dative ceithearnach ceithearnaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceithearnach na ceithearnaigh Genitive an cheithearnaigh na gceithearnach Dative leis an gceithearnach don cheithearnach leis na ceithearnaigh

Synonyms

• (pawn): fichillín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceithearnach	cheithearnach	gceithearnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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