ceannbheart

Irish

Etymology

From ceann (“head”) +‎ beart (“covering, garment”).

Noun

ceannbheart m (genitive singular ceannbhirt, nominative plural ceannbhearta) or
ceannbheart f (genitive singular ceannbhirte, nominative plural ceannbhearta)

1. headgear; helmet, headdress

   Synonyms: cafarr, clogad

Declension

As masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of ceannbheart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceannbheart ceannbhearta Vocative a cheannbhirt a cheannbhearta Genitive ceannbhirt ceannbheart Dative ceannbheart ceannbhearta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceannbheart na ceannbhearta Genitive an cheannbhirt na gceannbheart Dative leis an gceannbheart don cheannbheart leis na ceannbhearta

As feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of ceannbheart

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceannbheart ceannbhearta Vocative a cheannbheart a cheannbhearta Genitive ceannbhirte ceannbheart Dative ceannbheart ceannbhearta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheannbheart na ceannbhearta Genitive na ceannbhirte na gceannbheart Dative leis an gceannbheart don cheannbheart leis na ceannbhearta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceannbheart	cheannbheart	gceannbheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannbheart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceannbheart”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceannbheart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024