céadfa

Irish

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 f (“hallucination”)
• céadfach, céadfaíoch (“sensory; perceptive; sensible”, adj)
• céadfacht f, céadfaíocht f (“sensibility”)
• céadfaigh (“sense”, verb)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céadfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétfaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceta·bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language