ceannaire

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

ceann +‎ -aire

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

ceannaire m (genitive singular ceannaire, nominative plural ceannairí)

  1. leader
  2. driver, conductor
  3. provider
  4. (military) corporal

Declension

Declension of ceannaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceannaire ceannairí
vocative a cheannaire a cheannairí
genitive ceannaire ceannairí
dative ceannaire ceannairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceannaire na ceannairí
genitive an cheannaire na gceannairí
dative leis an gceannaire
don cheannaire 		leis na ceannairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannaire
radical lenition eclipsis
ceannaire cheannaire gceannaire

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

References

  1. ^ “ceannaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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