cainneann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cainnenn, cainenn (“garlic, leeks, onion”), from Proto-Celtic *kasninā.

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

Mutated forms of cainneann

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cainneann	chainneann	gcainneann

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) “cainneann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cainnenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN