ceannairgead

Irish

Etymology

From ceann (“head”) +‎ airgead (“money”).

Noun

ceannairgead m (genitive singular ceannairgid)

1. head-money, poll-tax

Declension

Declension of ceannairgead (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ceannairgead vocative a cheannairgid genitive ceannairgid dative ceannairgead forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ceannairgead genitive an cheannairgid dative leis an gceannairgead don cheannairgead

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannairgead

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannairgead	cheannairgead	gceannairgead

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