ceanntréan

Irish

Alternative forms

ceann-tréan, ceanntreun, ceann-treun, ceinn-treun, cinntréan, cinn-tréan (obsolete)

Etymology

From ceann +‎ tréan, a calque of English headstrong or possibly of its Middle English ancestor [from 17th c.].

Adjective

ceanntréan (genitive singular masculine ceanntréin, genitive singular feminine ceanntréine, plural ceanntréana, comparative ceanntreise)

1. obstinate, headstrong, wilful

   Synonyms: ceanndána, dáigh

Declension

Declension of ceanntréan

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	ceanntréan	cheanntréan	ceanntréana; cheanntréana2
vocative	cheanntréin		ceanntréana
genitive		ceanntréine	strong noun	weak noun
			ceanntréana	ceanntréan
dative	ceanntréan; cheanntréan1	cheanntréan; cheanntréin (archaic)	ceanntréana; cheanntréana2
Comparative	níos ceanntreise
Superlative	is ceanntreise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• ceanntréine

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceanntréan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceanntréan	cheanntréan	gceanntréan

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

Further reading

• “ceanntréan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceann-tréan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 127
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceanntréan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN