ceird

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cerd, from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from the root *kerd- (“craft”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cəiɾˠdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɛɾˠdʲ/

Noun

ceird f (genitive singular ceirde, nominative plural ceirdeanna)

1. trade, craft; occupation

Declension

Declension of ceird

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceird ceirdeanna Vocative a cheird a cheirdeanna Genitive ceirde ceirdeanna Dative ceird ceirdeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheird na ceirdeanna Genitive na ceirde na gceirdeanna Dative leis an gceird don cheird leis na ceirdeanna

Derived terms

• ceardaí
• ceardaíocht
• ceardchumann
• is bách iad lucht aon cheirde
• lámhcheird

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceird	cheird	gceird
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceird”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ceird”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34