ceannaí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cennaige; synchronically analyzable as ceannaigh (“to buy”) +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /caˈn̪ˠiː/

Noun

ceannaí m (genitive singular ceannaí, nominative plural ceannaithe)

  1. merchant, trader, monger
    • 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[1]:
      Fear saidhbhir agus ceannaidhe fairrge do b’eadh é.
      He was a rich man and a sea merchant.

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceannaí cheannaí gceannaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.
  • “1 cennaige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “ceannaiḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "ceannaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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