ceartán

ceartán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish certán.

Noun

ceartán m (genitive singular ceartáin, nominative plural ceartáin)

1. tick

Declension

Declension of ceartán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceartán ceartáin Vocative a cheartáin a cheartána Genitive ceartáin ceartán Dative ceartán ceartáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceartán na ceartáin Genitive an cheartáin na gceartán Dative leis an gceartán don cheartán leis na ceartáin

Derived terms

• ceartán caorach (“sheep-louse”)
• míol ceartáin (“crab-louse”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceartán	cheartán	gceartán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "ceartán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 certán”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN