ardcheannas

Irish

Etymology

From ard- (“high, arch-, chief”) +‎ ceannas (“headship, sovereignty; authority, command”) or ardcheann (“superior”, noun) +‎ -as.

Noun

ardcheannas m (genitive singular ardcheannais)

1. supremacy, overlordship, sovereignty
2. (military) high command

Declension

Declension of ardcheannas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ardcheannas vocative a ardcheannais genitive ardcheannais dative ardcheannas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ardcheannas genitive an ardcheannais dative leis an ardcheannas don ardcheannas

Synonyms

• (overlordship): ard-aireacht, ardtiarnas
• (supremacy, sovereignty): ceannas
• (sovereignty): flaitheas, flaithiúnas

Derived terms

• ardcheannasach (“supreme, predominant; sovereign”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardcheannas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardcheannas	n-ardcheannas	hardcheannas	t-ardcheannas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardcheannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN