ceannbheart

Irish

Etymology

ceann (“head”) +‎ beart (“covering, garment”)

Noun

ceannbheart m (genitive singular ceannbhirt, nominative plural ceannbhearta) or
ceannbheart f (genitive singular ceannbhirte, nominative plural ceannbhearta)

headgear; helmet, headdress
Synonyms: cafarr, clogad

Declension

As masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of ceannbheart

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceannbheart	ceannbhearta
Vocative	a cheannbhirt	a cheannbhearta
Genitive	ceannbhirt	ceannbheart
Dative	ceannbheart	ceannbhearta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ceannbheart	na ceannbhearta
Genitive	an cheannbhirt	na gceannbheart
Dative	leis an gceannbheart don cheannbheart	leis na ceannbhearta

As feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of ceannbheart

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceannbheart	ceannbhearta
Vocative	a cheannbheart	a cheannbhearta
Genitive	ceannbhirte	ceannbheart
Dative	ceannbheart	ceannbhearta

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cheannbheart	na ceannbhearta
Genitive	na ceannbhirte	na gceannbheart
Dative	leis an gceannbheart don cheannbheart	leis na ceannbhearta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceannbheart	cheannbheart	gceannbheart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"ceannbheart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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