ceannas
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cennas (“headship, leadership, superiority, precedence”); synchronically, ceann (“head”) + -as.
Noun
ceannas m (genitive singular ceannais)
- headship, sovereignty
- authority, command
- i gceannas ― in command, in charge, in the driver's seat
Declension
Declension of ceannas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceannas | cheannas | gceannas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "ceannas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 cennas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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