ceannas
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cennas (“headship, leadership, superiority, precedence”). By surface analysis, ceann (“head”) + -as.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠəsˠ/
Noun
ceannas m (genitive singular ceannais)
- headship, sovereignty
- authority, command
- i gceannas ― in command, in charge, in the driver's seat
Declension
Declension of ceannas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ardcheannas (“supremacy, sovereignty”)
- babhta ceannais
- babhta leathcheannais (“semifinal (game)”)
- ceannasach (“ruling, dominant”)
- ceannasaí (“commander; controller”)
- cluiche ceannais (“final, championship (game)”)
- cluiche leathcheannais
- i gceannas (“in command, in charge”)
- oifigeach ceannais (“commanding officer”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceannas | cheannas | gceannas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cennas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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