ceannach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ceannadh

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠa(h)/

Noun

ceannach m (genitive singular as substantive ceannaigh, genitive as verbal noun ceannaithe)

  1. verbal noun of ceannaigh
  2. purchase

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of ceannach (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ceannach
vocative a cheannach
genitive ceannaithe
dative ceannach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ceannach
genitive an cheannaithe
dative leis an gceannach
don cheannach

(as regular noun):

Declension of ceannach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative ceannach
vocative a cheannaigh
genitive ceannaigh
dative ceannach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ceannach
genitive an cheannaigh
dative leis an gceannach
don cheannach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceannach cheannach gceannach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲʰan̪ˠəx/[1][2]; (much of Lewis) [ˈkʲʰɑ̃n̪ˠəx][3]

Noun

ceannach m (genitive singular ceannaich, plural ceannaichean)

  1. verbal noun of ceannaich
  2. purchase

Mutation

Mutation of ceannach
radical lenition
ceannach cheannach

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

References

  1. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap