ceannfort

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cennphort (“chief, leader”).

Noun

ceannfort m (genitive singular ceannfoirt, nominative plural ceannfoirt)

  1. commander, leader
  2. (military) commandant
  3. (law enforcement) superintendent

Declension
Declension of ceannfort

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceannfort ceannfoirt
Vocative a cheannfoirt a cheannforta
Genitive ceannfoirt ceannfort
Dative ceannfort ceannfoirt

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceannfort na ceannfoirt
Genitive an cheannfoirt na gceannfort
Dative leis an gceannfort

don cheannfort

 leis na ceannfoirt

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceannfort cheannfort gceannfort
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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