ceantar

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈcaun̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/[1]
  • IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cenntar.[2]

Noun

ceantar m (genitive singular ceantair, nominative plural ceantair)

  1. district, area, neighbourhood, sector, locality, country
    Synonym: dúiche
  2. (geology) field (region containing a particular mineral)
Declension
Declension of ceantar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceantar ceantair
vocative a cheantair a cheantara
genitive ceantair ceantar
dative ceantar ceantair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceantar na ceantair
genitive an cheantair na gceantar
dative leis an gceantar
don cheantar 		leis na ceantair
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From English canter.

Noun

ceantar m (genitive singular ceantair, nominative plural ceantair or ceantracha)

  1. canter
Declension
Declension of ceantar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceantar ceantair
vocative a cheantair a cheantara
genitive ceantair ceantar
dative ceantar ceantair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceantar na ceantair
genitive an cheantair na gceantar
dative leis an gceantar
don cheantar 		leis na ceantair

Further reading

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceantar
radical lenition eclipsis
ceantar cheantar gceantar

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cenntar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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