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

Mutated forms of ceannbhaile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannbhaile	cheannbhaile	gceannbhaile

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