ceanntrom

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

ceanntrom m (genitive singular ceanntroim)

  1. bullying, oppression
Declension
Declension of ceanntrom

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative ceanntrom
Vocative a cheanntroim
Genitive ceanntroim
Dative ceanntrom

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an ceanntrom
Genitive an cheanntroim
Dative leis an gceanntrom

don cheanntrom

Etymology 2

From ceann- (“-headed”) +‎ trom (“heavy”).

Adjective

ceanntrom

  1. top-heavy
  2. sluggish, drowsy
Declension
Declension of ceanntrom
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ceanntrom cheanntrom ceanntroma;
cheanntroma²
Vocative cheanntroim ceanntroma
Genitive ceanntrome ceanntroma ceanntrom
Dative ceanntrom;
cheanntrom¹		 cheanntrom;
cheanntroim (archaic)		 ceanntroma;
cheanntroma²
Comparative níos ceanntrome
Superlative is ceanntrome

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

References
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