ceannaigh
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish cennaigid, derived from Old Irish cennaige (“merchant”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceannaich.
Verb
[edit]ceannaigh (present analytic ceannaíonn, future analytic ceannóidh, verbal noun ceannach, past participle ceannaithe)
- (transitive, intransitive) to buy
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of ceannaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: ceannacht (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]ceannaigh
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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ceannaigh | cheannaigh | gceannaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceannaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “ceannaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- Irish second-conjugation verbs
- Irish non-lemma forms
- Irish noun forms
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