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ceannas

ceannas

Irish

Noun

ceannas m (genitive singular ceannais)

  1. headship, sovereignty
  2. authority, command
    i gceannas ― in command, in charge, in the driver's seat

Declension

Derived terms

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.

References

  • "ceannas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 cennas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.