cead

See also: céad

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish cet, from a reinterpretation of licet, from Latin licet (it is allowed).[5]

    Noun

    cead m (genitive singular ceada, nominative plural ceadanna)

    1. permission, leave
    Declension
    Declension of cead (third declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative cead ceadanna
    vocative a chead a cheadanna
    genitive ceada ceadanna
    dative cead ceadanna
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an cead na ceadanna
    genitive an cheada na gceadanna
    dative leis an gcead
    don chead
    leis na ceadanna

    Etymology 2

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      Noun

      cead m (genitive singular ceid, nominative plural ceid)

      1. tipcat
      Declension
      Declension of cead (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative cead ceid
      vocative a cheid a cheada
      genitive ceid cead
      dative cead ceid
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an cead na ceid
      genitive an cheid na gcead
      dative leis an gcead
      don chead
      leis na ceid

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of cead
      radical lenition eclipsis
      cead chead gcead

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 146, page 75
      2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 169
      3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 396, page 132
      4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977), Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 137, page 58
      5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

      Further reading

      Scottish Gaelic

      Etymology

      From Old Irish cet, from a reinterpretation of licet, from Latin licet (it is allowed).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      cead m (genitive singular ceada, plural ceadan)

      1. permission, permit, license, leave
      2. farewell, adieu

      Mutation

      Mutation of cead
      radical lenition
      cead chead

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
      2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
      3. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
      4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
      5. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
      6. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 17

      Further reading

      • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
      • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language