cnáimhseach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cnáimsech f (midwife).

Noun

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cnáimhseach f (genitive singular cnáimhsí, nominative plural cnáimhseacha)

  1. midwife
    Synonyms: bean chabhrach, bean ghlúine, cailleach

Declension

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Declension of cnáimhseach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cnáimhseach cnáimhseacha
vocative a chnáimhseach a chnáimhseacha
genitive cnáimhsí cnáimhseach
dative cnáimhseach cnáimhseacha

Derived terms

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Adjective

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cnáimhseach (genitive singular masculine cnáimhsigh, genitive singular feminine cnáimhsí, plural cnáimhseacha, not comparable)

  1. obstetric
  2. obstetrical

Declension

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Declension of cnáimhseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cnáimhseach chnáimhseach cnáimhseacha;
chnáimhseacha2
vocative chnáimhsigh cnáimhseacha
genitive cnáimhsí cnáimhseacha cnáimhseach
dative cnáimhseach;
chnáimhseach1
chnáimhseach;
chnáimhsigh (archaic)
cnáimhseacha;
chnáimhseacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cnáimhseach
radical lenition eclipsis
cnáimhseach chnáimhseach gcnáimhseach

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

References

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