ceird

Irish

From Old Irish cerd,^[2] from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from the root *kerd- (“craft”). Doublet of ceard.

(Munster) IPA^(key): (Waterford) /ceːɾʲdʲ/^[3], (Kerry) /cɑːɾˠd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form ceard)^[4]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): (Aran) /kaiɾʲdʲ/^[5], (Cois Fharraige) /caiɾˠdʲ/^[6], (Mayo) /ceɾˠdʲ/ ~ /coɾˠdʲ/^[7]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɛɾˠdʲ/^[8]

ceird f (genitive singular ceirde, nominative plural ceirdeanna)

Declension of ceird (second declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an cheird	na ceirdeanna
genitive	na ceirde	na gceirdeanna
dative	leis an gceird don cheird	leis na ceirdeanna

ceardaí
ceardaíocht
ceardchumann
ilcheardach
is bách iad lucht aon cheirde
is namhaid an cheird gan a foghlaim (“the trade not learned is an enemy”) (proverb)
lámhcheird

Mutated forms of *ceird*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceird	cheird	gceird

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

^ “ceird”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 34, page 8
^ 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
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 224, page 42
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 45, page 13
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 82, page 34