ceann.
head
Meaning & usage
head
head of cabbage, capitulum
end, extremity
roof
one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)
Tá ceann dearg agam.
Feicim trí cinn ghlasa.
used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to an object or animal
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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