ceárta

See also: cearta and ceartă

Irish

Alternative forms

ceardcha, ceárdcha, ceártcha (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish cerddchae, from cerd (“smith, artisan”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcaːɾˠt̪ˠə/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɑːɾˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

ceárta f (genitive singular ceárta, nominative plural ceártaí) or
ceárta f (genitive singular ceártan, nominative plural ceártana) (Munster)

forge
smithy
Synonym: teach ceárta
(glassmaking, metalworking) workshop
centre of activity, of gossip
collection of objects

Declension

Standard language:

Declension of ceárta (fourth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	ceárta	ceártaí
vocative	a cheárta	a cheártaí
genitive	ceárta	ceártaí
dative	ceárta	ceártaí

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an cheárta	na ceártaí
genitive	na ceárta	na gceártaí
dative	leis an gceárta don cheárta	leis na ceártaí

Munster dialect:

Declension of ceárta (fifth declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	ceárta	ceártana
vocative	a cheárta	a cheártana
genitive	ceártan	ceártana
dative	ceártain	ceártana

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an cheárta	na ceártana
genitive	na ceártan	na gceártana
dative	leis an gceártain don cheártain	leis na ceártana

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ceárta*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceárta	cheárta	gceárta

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