ceatharnach

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

ceatharnach m (genitive singular ceatharnaigh, nominative plural ceatharnaigh)

  1. Ulster form of ceithearnach (“kern; pawn”)

Declension

Declension of ceatharnach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceatharnach ceatharnaigh
vocative a cheatharnaigh a cheatharnacha
genitive ceatharnaigh ceatharnach
dative ceatharnach ceatharnaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceatharnach na ceatharnaigh
genitive an cheatharnaigh na gceatharnach
dative leis an gceatharnach
don cheatharnach 		leis na ceatharnaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceatharnach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceatharnach cheatharnach gceatharnach

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, page 67

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”), from ceithern (“kern, band of fighting-men; band or collection of persons in general”). Cognate with Irish ceithearnach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛhərˠn̪ˠəx/

Noun

ceatharnach m (genitive singular ceatharnaich, plural ceatharnaich)

  1. cateran
  2. hero

Synonyms

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