ceannaimsir

Irish

Etymology

From ceann (“head”) +‎ aimsir (“time”).

Noun

ceannaimsir f (genitive singular ceannaimsire)

1. set time, term, period

Declension

Declension of ceannaimsir (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative ceannaimsir vocative a cheannaimsir genitive ceannaimsire dative ceannaimsir forms with the definite article singular nominative an cheannaimsir genitive na ceannaimsire dative leis an gceannaimsir don cheannaimsir

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannaimsir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannaimsir	cheannaimsir	gceannaimsir

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) “ceannaimsir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN