ceartas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish certus (“justice, propriety; exactitude, accuracy”). By surface analysis, ceart +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcaɾˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

ceartas m (genitive singular ceartais, nominative plural ceartais)

  1. (philosophy) justice
  2. (plural) rights, claims

Declension

Declension of ceartas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceartas ceartais
vocative a cheartais a cheartasa
genitive ceartais ceartas
dative ceartas ceartais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceartas na ceartais
genitive an cheartais na gceartas
dative leis an gceartas
don cheartas 		leis na ceartais

Derived terms

  • ceartaiseach (“insisting on one's rights”, adjective)
  • ceartaiseacht f (“insistence on one's rights”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceartas
radical lenition eclipsis
ceartas cheartas gceartas

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

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