cearn

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /caːɾˠn̪ˠ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish cern (“angle, corner”), from Old Irish cern, from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“angle, corner”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ceard, cearna ceárd, ceárn, ceárna (superseded) ==== Noun ==== cearn f (genitive singular cearna, nominative plural cearnaí) angle, corner ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (angle, corner): cúinne ===== Derived terms ===== as gach cearn (“from all quarters, from all directions”) i ngach cearn (“in every quarter, all over”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cearn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 179; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cearn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish cern (“dish, receptacle”), from Old Irish cern (“dish”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“angle, corner”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ceárn (superseded) ==== Noun ==== cearn f (genitive singular cearna, nominative plural cearna) (obsolete) dish a drum-shaped vessel used for keeping carded wool to feed the spinning wheel ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ceirnín ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cearn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cearn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 3 === From Middle Irish cern, from Old Irish cern (“victory, triumph”). ==== Alternative forms ==== ceárn (superseded) ==== Noun ==== cearn f (genitive singular cearna, nominative plural cearna) (literary) victory, triumph ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (victory, triumph): bua ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cearn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 180; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cearn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Mutation ===