ceartán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish certán, from Old Irish cert (“louse, tick”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ceartán m (genitive singular ceartáin, nominative plural ceartáin)

  1. tick

Declension

Declension of ceartán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceartán ceartáin
vocative a cheartáin a cheartána
genitive ceartáin ceartán
dative ceartán ceartáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceartán na ceartáin
genitive an cheartáin na gceartán
dative leis an gceartán
don cheartán 		leis na ceartáin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceartán
radical lenition eclipsis
ceartán cheartán gceartán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 21, page 10

Further reading

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