ceithearnach

== Irish == === Alternative forms === ceatharnach (Ulster) === Etymology === From Middle Irish ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”). By surface analysis, ceithearn (“kern, band of fighting-men”) +‎ -ach. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceatharnach. === Pronunciation === (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcahəɾˠn̪ˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the from ceatharnach) === Noun === ceithearnach m (genitive singular ceithearnaigh, nominative plural ceithearnaigh) kern (light-armed foot soldier) (chess) pawn ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (pawn): fichillín ==== See also ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ceithearnach”, 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), “ceithernach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language