cnáimhseachas

Irish

Etymology

From cnáimhseach +‎ -as.

Noun

cnáimhseachas m (genitive singular cnáimhseachais)

1. obstetrics
2. midwifery

Declension

Declension of cnáimhseachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cnáimhseachas Vocative a chnáimhseachais Genitive cnáimhseachais Dative cnáimhseachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cnáimhseachas Genitive an chnáimhseachais Dative leis an gcnáimhseachas don chnáimhseachas

Related terms

• cnáimhseoir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cnáimhseachas	chnáimhseachas	gcnáimhseachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cnáimhseachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnáimhseachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnáimhseachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024