ceanastar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English canister, from Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Possibly a doublet of cinstear.

Noun

ceanastar m (genitive singular ceanastair, nominative plural ceanastair)

  1. canister
    Synonym: boiscín stáin
  2. caster (food sprinkler)

Declension

Declension of ceanastar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceanastar ceanastair
vocative a cheanastair a cheanastara
genitive ceanastair ceanastar
dative ceanastar ceanastair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceanastar na ceanastair
genitive an cheanastair na gceanastar
dative leis an gceanastar
don cheanastar 		leis na ceanastair

Derived terms

  • ceanastar siúcra (“sugar caster”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceanastar
radical lenition eclipsis
ceanastar cheanastar gceanastar

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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