ceird

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cerd, from Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from the root *kerd- (“craft”).

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cəiɾˠdʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɛɾˠdʲ/

Noun

ceird f (genitive singular ceirde, nominative plural ceirdeanna)

trade, craft; occupation

Declension

Declension of ceird

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ceird	ceirdeanna
Vocative	a cheird	a cheirdeanna
Genitive	ceirde	ceirdeanna
Dative	ceird	ceirdeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cheird	na ceirdeanna
Genitive	na ceirde	na gceirdeanna
Dative	leis an gceird don cheird	leis na ceirdeanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceird	cheird	gceird
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceird”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“ceird”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34

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