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cenn

cenn

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

cend

Noun

cenn m ‎(genitive cinn, plural cenna or cinn)

head
end

Descendants

Irish: ceann
Manx: kione
Scottish Gaelic: ceann

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cenn	chenn	cenn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 cenn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.

Compare Welsh pen, Breton penn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʲen͈/

Noun

cenn n ‎(genitive cinn, nominative plural cenna)

head
end

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle Irish: cenn
- Irish: ceann
- Manx: kione
- Scottish Gaelic: ceann

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cenn	chenn	cenn pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 cenn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.