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ceann.

head

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/cɑun̪ˠ/Munster/cɑːn̪ˠ/Galway/can̪ˠ/Mayo/cɨn̪ˠ/Ulster
  1. head

    masculine
  2. head of cabbage, capitulum

    masculine
  3. end, extremity

    masculine
  4. roof

    masculine
  5. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)

    masculine
    Tá ceann dearg agam.
    Feicim trí cinn ghlasa.
  6. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to an object or animal

    masculine
    Tá ceann amháin agam.
    Feicim trí cinn.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish (attested in the personal names ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni, literally “dog's head”) and ᚊᚓᚅᚑ-ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (qeno-vendagni, literally “little fair-headed one”)), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom; compare Welsh pen, Breton penn.

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