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)
- sense (bodily faculty)
- perception, understanding
Declension
Declension of céadfa
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- bréagchéadfa f (“hallucination”)
- céadfach, céadfaíoch (“sensory; perceptive; sensible”, adj)
- céadfacht f, céadfaíocht f (“sensibility”)
- céadfaigh (“sense”, verb)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| céadfa | chéadfa | gcéadfa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "céadfa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “cétfaid”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “ceta·bí”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
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