céadfa

Irish

Alternative forms

  • céadfaidh

Etymology

From Middle Irish cétfaid (“sense, feeling, understanding, skill”), from Old Irish cétbuid, verbal noun of ceta·bí (“feels, perceives”).

Noun

céadfa f (genitive singular céadfa, nominative plural céadfaí)

  1. sense (bodily faculty)
  2. perception, understanding

Declension

Declension of céadfa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative céadfa céadfaí
vocative a chéadfa a chéadfaí
genitive céadfa céadfaí
dative céadfa céadfaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chéadfa na céadfaí
genitive na céadfa na gcéadfaí
dative leis an gcéadfa
don chéadfa 		leis na céadfaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of céadfa
radical lenition eclipsis
céadfa chéadfa gcéadfa

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

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