cenn

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• cend

Etymology

From Old Irish cenn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Noun

cenn m (genitive cinn, plural cenna or cinn)

1. head
2. end

Descendants

• Irish: ceann
• Manx: kione
• Scottish Gaelic: ceann

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cenn	chenn	cenn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Compare Welsh pen, Breton penn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲen͈/

Noun

cenn n (genitive cinn, nominative plural cenna)

1. head
2. end

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cennN	cennN	cennL, cenna
Vocative	cennN	cennN	cennL, cenna
Accusative	cennN	cennN	cennL, cenna
Genitive	cinnL	cenn	cennN
Dative	ciunnL	cennaib	cennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• forcenn
• tar cenn

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cenn
  • Irish: ceann
  • Manx: kione
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cenn	chenn	cenn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language