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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceatharnach ceatharnaigh
Vocative a cheatharnaigh a cheatharnacha
Genitive ceatharnaigh ceatharnach
Dative ceatharnach ceatharnaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceatharnach na ceatharnaigh
Genitive an cheatharnaigh na gceatharnach
Dative leis an gceatharnach

don cheatharnach

 leis na ceatharnaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceatharnach cheatharnach gceatharnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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