ceárta

See also: cearta and ceartă

Irish

Alternative forms

• ceardcha, ceárdcha, ceártcha (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish cerddchae, from cerd (“smith, artisan”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcaːɾˠt̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈcɑːɾˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

ceárta f (genitive singular ceárta, nominative plural ceártaí) or
ceárta f (genitive singular ceártan, nominative plural ceártana) (Munster)

1. forge
2. smithy

   Synonym: teach ceárta

3. (glassmaking, metalworking) workshop
4. centre of activity, of gossip
5. collection of objects

Declension

Standard language:

Declension of ceárta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceárta ceártaí Vocative a cheárta a cheártaí Genitive ceárta ceártaí Dative ceárta ceártaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheárta na ceártaí Genitive na ceárta na gceártaí Dative leis an gceárta don cheárta leis na ceártaí

Munster dialect:

Declension of ceárta

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceárta ceártana Vocative a cheárta a cheártana Genitive ceártan ceártana Dative ceártain ceártana

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheárta na ceártana Genitive na ceártan na gceártana Dative leis an gceártain don cheártain leis na ceártana

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceárta	cheárta	gceárta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceárta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceárta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceárta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN