ceard

See also: ceàrd, cèard, and céard

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/[1], /caːɾˠd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cerd,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (craft). Doublet of ceird.

Noun

ceard m (genitive singular cearda, nominative plural cearda)

  1. artisan
Declension
Declension of ceard (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceard cearda
vocative a cheard a chearda
genitive cearda ceard
dative ceard cearda
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceard na cearda
genitive an chearda na gceard
dative leis an gceard
don cheard
leis na cearda
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: caird

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

ceard f (genitive singular ceirde, nominative plural ceirdeanna)

  1. alternative form of ceird (trade, craft)
Declension
Declension of ceard (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceard ceirdeanna
vocative a cheard a cheirdeanna
genitive ceirde ceirdeanna
dative ceard ceirdeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cheard na ceirdeanna
genitive na ceirde na gceirdeanna
dative leis an gceard
don cheard
leis na ceirdeanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceard
radical lenition eclipsis
ceard cheard gceard

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, § 217, page 111
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language