ceannas

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish cennas (“headship, leadership, superiority, precedence”). By surface analysis, ceann (“head”) +‎ -as. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈcan̪ˠəsˠ/ === Noun === ceannas m (genitive singular ceannais) headship, sovereignty authority, command i gceannas ― in command, in charge, in the driver's seat ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cennas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language