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

Mutated forms of ceannbheart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannbheart	cheannbheart	gceannbheart

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) “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, 2013-2025