ceannann

Irish

FWOTD – 8 March 2016

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cenann, a compound of cenn (“head”) +‎ finn (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennowindos (“white-headed”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠən̪ˠ/

Adjective

ceannann (genitive singular masculine ceannainn, genitive singular feminine ceannainne, plural ceannanna, not comparable)

  1. having a white face, having a blaze on the forehead (of animals)

Declension

Declension of ceannann
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceannann cheannann ceannanna;
cheannanna2
vocative cheannainn ceannanna
genitive ceannainne ceannanna ceannann
dative ceannann;
cheannann1 		cheannann;
cheannainn (archaic) 		ceannanna;
cheannanna2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • cál ceannann (“colcannon”)
  • cearc cheannann (“(female) coot”)
  • coileach ceannann (“(male) coot”)

Noun

ceannann m (genitive singular ceannainn, nominative plural ceannainn)

  1. a white-faced animal, an animal with a blaze on its forehead

Declension

Declension of ceannann (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceannann ceannainn
vocative a cheannainn a cheannanna
genitive ceannainn ceannann
dative ceannann ceannainn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceannann na ceannainn
genitive an cheannainn na gceannann
dative leis an gceannann
don cheannann 		leis na ceannainn

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannann
radical lenition eclipsis
ceannann cheannann gceannann

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, page 75; reprinted 2017

Further reading

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