ceannfort

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceannphort

Etymology

From Old Irish cennphort (“chief, leader”).

Noun

ceannfort m (genitive singular ceannfoirt, nominative plural ceannfoirt)

1. commander, leader
2. (military) commandant
3. (law enforcement) superintendent

Declension

Declension of ceannfort (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceannfort ceannfoirt vocative a cheannfoirt a cheannforta genitive ceannfoirt ceannfort dative ceannfort ceannfoirt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceannfort na ceannfoirt genitive an cheannfoirt na gceannfort dative leis an gceannfort don cheannfort leis na ceannfoirt

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannfort

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannfort	cheannfort	gceannfort

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.