ceann cait
Appearance
Irish
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Etymology
[edit]ceann (“head”) + cait (“of cat”)
Noun
[edit]ceann cait m (genitive singular cinn chait, nominative plural cinn chait)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ceann, cait.
- long-eared owl (Asio otus)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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ceann cait | cheann cait | gceann cait |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.