ceannchluiche

Irish

Etymology

From ceann- (“chief, main”) +‎ cluiche (“game”).

Noun

ceannchluiche m (genitive singular ceannchluiche, nominative plural ceannchluichí)

1. (sports) final

Declension

Declension of ceannchluiche (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceannchluiche ceannchluichí vocative a cheannchluiche a cheannchluichí genitive ceannchluiche ceannchluichí dative ceannchluiche ceannchluichí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceannchluiche na ceannchluichí genitive an cheannchluiche na gceannchluichí dative leis an gceannchluiche don cheannchluiche leis na ceannchluichí

Derived terms

• iomaitheoir ceannchluiche (“finalist”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannchluiche

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannchluiche	cheannchluiche	gceannchluiche

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) “ceannchluiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceannchluiche”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm