ardcheannasaí

Irish

Etymology 1

From ard- (“high”) +‎ ceannasaí (“commander”).

Noun

ardcheannasaí m (genitive singular ardcheannasaí, nominative plural ardcheannasaithe)

1. commander in chief, supremo

Declension

Declension of ardcheannasaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardcheannasaí ardcheannasaithe vocative a ardcheannasaí a ardcheannasaithe genitive ardcheannasaí ardcheannasaithe dative ardcheannasaí ardcheannasaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ardcheannasaí na hardcheannasaithe genitive an ardcheannasaí na n-ardcheannasaithe dative leis an ardcheannasaí don ardcheannasaí leis na hardcheannasaithe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ardcheannasaí

1. inflection of ardcheannasach (“supreme, predominant; sovereign”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Alternative forms

• ardcheannasaighe (obsolete)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardcheannasaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardcheannasaí	n-ardcheannasaí	hardcheannasaí	t-ardcheannasaí

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ardcheannasaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ardcheannasaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025