ceartán

Irish

Alternative forms

• cartán (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish certán, from Old Irish cert (“louse, tick”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠt̪ˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the form cartán)

Noun

ceartán m (genitive singular ceartáin, nominative plural ceartáin)

1. tick

Declension

Declension of ceartán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceartán ceartáin vocative a cheartáin a cheartána genitive ceartáin ceartán dative ceartán ceartáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceartán na ceartáin genitive an cheartáin na gceartán dative leis an gceartán don cheartán leis na ceartáin

Derived terms

• ceartán caorach (“sheep-louse”)
• míol ceartáin (“crab-louse”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceartán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceartán	cheartán	gceartán

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) “ceartán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 certán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language