Irish
Etymology
From ceard (“trade, craft; occupation”) + cumann (“association; club, society”). Compare Manx keird-chummyn.
Noun
ceardchumann m (genitive singular ceardchumainn, nominative plural ceardchumainn)
- trade union
Declension
Declension of ceardchumann (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ceardchumann
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ceardchumainn
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| vocative
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a cheardchumainn
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a cheardchumanna
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| genitive
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ceardchumainn
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ceardchumann
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| dative
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ceardchumann
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ceardchumainn
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ceardchumann
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na ceardchumainn
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| genitive
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an cheardchumainn
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na gceardchumann
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| dative
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leis an gceardchumann don cheardchumann
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leis na ceardchumainn
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Derived terms
- ceardchuallacht m, cuallacht cheirde m (“trade guild”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of ceardchumann
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| ceardchumann
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cheardchumann
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gceardchumann
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceardchumann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceardchumann”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceardchumann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025