ceanntréan
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]ceann-tréan, ceanntreun, ceann-treun, ceinn-treun, cinntréan, cinn-tréan (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From ceann + tréan, a calque of English headstrong or possibly of its Middle English ancestor [from 17th c.].
Adjective
[edit]ceanntréan (genitive singular masculine ceanntréin, genitive singular feminine ceanntréine, plural ceanntréana, comparative ceanntreise)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceanntréan
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ceanntréan | cheanntréan | ceanntréana; cheanntréana² | |
| Vocative | cheanntréin | ceanntréana | ||
| Genitive | ceanntréine | ceanntréana | ceanntréan | |
| Dative | ceanntréan; cheanntréan¹ |
cheanntréan; cheanntréin (archaic) |
ceanntréana; cheanntréana² | |
| Comparative | níos ceanntreise | |||
| Superlative | is ceanntreise | |||
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceanntréan | cheanntréan | gceanntréan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “ceanntréan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceann-tréan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceanntréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN