ceannbhaile

Irish

Etymology

From ceann- (“chief, main”) +‎ baile (“town”).

Noun

ceannbhaile m (genitive singular ceannbhaile, nominative plural ceannbhailte)

1. chief town
2. upper part of town, of townland

Declension

Declension of ceannbhaile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceannbhaile ceannbhailte Vocative a cheannbhaile a cheannbhailte Genitive ceannbhaile ceannbhailte Dative ceannbhaile ceannbhailte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceannbhaile na ceannbhailte Genitive an cheannbhaile na gceannbhailte Dative leis an gceannbhaile don cheannbhaile leis na ceannbhailte

Synonyms

• (chief town): ardbhaile, príomhbhaile

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceannbhaile	cheannbhaile	gceannbhaile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannbhaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN