cainneann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnenn, cainenn (“garlic, leeks, onion”).

Noun

cainneann f (genitive singular cainninne, nominative plural cainneanna)

  1. leek

Declension
Declension of cainneann

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cainneann cainneanna
Vocative a chainneann a chainneanna
Genitive cainninne cainneann
Dative cainneann cainneanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chainneann na cainneanna
Genitive na cainninne na gcainneann
Dative leis an gcainneann

don chainneann

 leis na cainneanna

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cainneann chainneann gcainneann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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