ceanastar

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceaineastar, cionstar

Etymology

From English canister, from Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum. Possibly a doublet of cinstear.

Noun

ceanastar m (genitive singular ceanastair, nominative plural ceanastair)

1. canister

   Synonym: boiscín stáin

2. caster (food sprinkler)

Declension

Declension of ceanastar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceanastar ceanastair vocative a cheanastair a cheanastara genitive ceanastair ceanastar dative ceanastar ceanastair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceanastar na ceanastair genitive an cheanastair na gceanastar dative leis an gceanastar don cheanastar leis na ceanastair

Derived terms

• ceanastar siúcra (“sugar caster”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceanastar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceanastar	cheanastar	gceanastar

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) “ceanastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “ceanastar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025