ceannaí
Irish
Alternative forms
- ceannaidhe (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish cennaige; synchronically analyzable as ceannaigh (“to buy”) + -aí.
Pronunciation
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Noun
ceannaí m (genitive singular ceannaí, nominative plural ceannaithe)
- merchant, trader, monger
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
- Fear saidhbhir agus ceannaidhe fairrge do b’eadh é.
- He was a rich man and a sea merchant.
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
Declension
Declension of ceannaí
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceannaí | cheannaí | gceannaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 193
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cennaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN