ceannaire

Irish

Alternative forms

• cinnire

Etymology

ceann +‎ -aire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcan̪ˠəɾʲə/

Noun

ceannaire m (genitive singular ceannaire, nominative plural ceannairí)

1. leader
2. driver, conductor
3. provider
4. (military) corporal

Declension

Declension of ceannaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceannaire ceannairí vocative a cheannaire a cheannairí genitive ceannaire ceannairí dative ceannaire ceannairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceannaire na ceannairí genitive an cheannaire na gceannairí dative leis an gceannaire don cheannaire leis na ceannairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannaire	cheannaire	gceannaire

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

Further reading

• “ceannaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cennaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceannaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 126
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN