ceithearnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceatharnach (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”). By surface analysis, ceithearn (“kern, band of fighting-men”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceatharnach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcahəɾˠn̪ˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the from ceatharnach)

Noun

ceithearnach m (genitive singular ceithearnaigh, nominative plural ceithearnaigh)

1. kern (light-armed foot soldier)
2. (chess) pawn

Declension

Declension of ceithearnach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceithearnach ceithearnaigh vocative a cheithearnaigh a cheithearnacha genitive ceithearnaigh ceithearnach dative ceithearnach ceithearnaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceithearnach na ceithearnaigh genitive an cheithearnaigh na gceithearnach dative leis an gceithearnach don cheithearnach leis na ceithearnaigh

Synonyms

• (pawn): fichillín

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceithearnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceithearnach	cheithearnach	gceithearnach

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