céadfa

Irish

Alternative forms

• céadfaidh

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)

1. sense (bodily faculty)
2. perception, understanding

Declension

Declension of céadfa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative céadfa céadfaí vocative a chéadfa a chéadfaí genitive céadfa céadfaí dative céadfa céadfaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chéadfa na céadfaí genitive na céadfa na gcéadfaí dative leis an gcéadfa don chéadfa leis na céadfaí

Derived terms

• bréagchéadfa
• céadfach, céadfaíoch
• céadfacht, céadfaíocht
• céadfaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of céadfa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
céadfa	chéadfa	gcéadfa

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céadfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétfaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceta·bí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “céadfa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “céadfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025