céadfa

Irish

Alternative forms

• céadfaidh

Etymology

From Middle Irish cétfaid (“sense, feeling, understanding, skill”), from Old Irish cétbuid, verbal noun of ceta·bí (“feels, perceives”).

Noun

céadfa f (genitive singular céadfa, nominative plural céadfaí)

1. sense (bodily faculty)
2. perception, understanding

Declension

Declension of céadfa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative céadfa céadfaí Vocative a chéadfa a chéadfaí Genitive céadfa céadfaí Dative céadfa céadfaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chéadfa na céadfaí Genitive na céadfa na gcéadfaí Dative leis an gcéadfa don chéadfa leis na céadfaí

Derived terms

• bréagchéadfa
• céadfach, céadfaíoch
• céadfacht, céadfaíocht
• céadfaigh

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
céadfa	chéadfa	gcéadfa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céadfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cétfaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceta·bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “céadfa” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “céadfa” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.