ceithearnach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”), from ceithern (“kern, band of fighting-men; band or collection of persons in general”).
Noun
ceithearnach m (genitive singular ceithearnaigh, nominative plural ceithearnaigh)
Declension
Declension of ceithearnach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (pawn): fichillín
See also
Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text) | |||||
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rí | banríon | caiseal | easpag | ridire | ceithearnach, fichillín |
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceithearnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceithernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language