cnáimhseachas

Irish

Etymology

From cnáimhseach +‎ -as.

Noun

cnáimhseachas m (genitive singular cnáimhseachais)

1. obstetrics
2. midwifery

Declension

Declension of cnáimhseachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cnáimhseachas vocative a chnáimhseachais genitive cnáimhseachais dative cnáimhseachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cnáimhseachas genitive an chnáimhseachais dative leis an gcnáimhseachas don chnáimhseachas

Related terms

• cnáimhseoir

Mutation

Mutated forms of cnáimhseachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cnáimhseachas	chnáimhseachas	gcnáimhseachas

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) “cnáimhseachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cnáimhseachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cnáimhseachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024