ceithearnach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”). By surface analysis, ceithearn (“kern, band of fighting-men”) + -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceatharnach.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcahəɾˠn̪ˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the from ceatharnach)
Noun[edit]
ceithearnach m (genitive singular ceithearnaigh, nominative plural ceithearnaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ceithearnach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms[edit]
- (pawn): fichillín
See also[edit]
Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text) | |||||
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rí | banríon | caiseal | easpag | ridire | ceithearnach, fichillín |
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceithearnach | cheithearnach | gceithearnach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 67
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceithearnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceithernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language