ceanastar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English canister, from Middle English canister, canustyr, a borrowing from Latin canistrum.

Noun

ceanastar m (genitive singular ceanastair, nominative plural ceanastair)

  1. canister
    Synonym: boiscín stáin
  2. caster (food sprinkler)

Declension
Declension of ceanastar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceanastar ceanastair
Vocative a cheanastair a cheanastara
Genitive ceanastair ceanastar
Dative ceanastar ceanastair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceanastar na ceanastair
Genitive an cheanastair na gceanastar
Dative leis an gceanastar

don cheanastar

 leis na ceanastair

Derived terms
  • ceanastar siúcra (“sugar caster”)

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceanastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “ceanastar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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