"ceann" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /kʲʰãũn̪ˠ/ (note: Lewis, Harris), /kʲʰɛ̃ũn̪ˠ/ (note: Uist, Barra, Skye, Wester Ross)
Etymology: From Middle Irish and Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (compare Welsh pen, Breton penn). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|-}} Middle Irish, {{inh|gd|sga|cenn}} Old Irish cenn, {{cog|gv|kione}} Manx kione, {{inh|gd|pgl|ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ}} Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*kʷennom}} Proto-Celtic *kʷennom, {{cog|cy|pen}} Welsh pen, {{cog|br|penn}} Breton penn Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|cinn|||||||plural|cinn||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=cinn|pl=cinn}} ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn) Forms: cinn [genitive, singular], cinn [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ceann [indefinite, nominative, singular], cinn [indefinite, nominative, plural], cinn [genitive, indefinite, singular], cheann [genitive, indefinite, plural], ceann [dative, indefinite, singular], cinn [dative, indefinite, plural], ceannaibh [dative, indefinite, plural], ceann [definite, nominative, singular], an ceann [definite, nominative, singular], cinn [definite, nominative, plural], na cinn [definite, nominative, plural], (a') chinn [definite, genitive, singular], ceann [definite, genitive, plural], nan ceann [definite, genitive, plural], (a') cheann [dative, definite, singular], cinn [dative, definite, plural], na cinn [dative, definite, plural], ceannaibh [dative, definite, plural], chinn [definite, singular, vocative], cheanna [definite, plural, vocative]
  1. head (of a body or a group of people) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy, Body
    Sense id: en-ceann-gd-noun-UqbbI01s Disambiguation of Anatomy: 76 24 Disambiguation of Body: 100 0 Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. end (the extreme part of something) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ceann-gd-noun-M-tjcvn4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aig a' cheann thall (english: in the long run), airgead-ceann (english: reward offered for the head of a rebel or outlaw) [masculine], an ceann a chéile (english: together) [adverb], an ceann (english: ahead) [adverb], an ceann (english: in the end, at the expiration of), bàrr a' chinn (english: crown of head), buail an ceann (english: occur, come to mind), bun os ceann (english: upside down, topsy-turvy) [adverb], cailleachag a' chinn duibh (english: coal tit), cailleachag a' chinn ghuirm (english: blue tit), ceann a' chnac (english: thwart-brace of a boat) [masculine], ceann a' chraidh (english: thwart-brace of boat) [masculine], ceann air chrith (english: quaking grass) [masculine], ceann simileir (english: chimney pot), ceann-achra (english: epiphany) [masculine], ceann-adhairt (english: pillow; bed-head) [masculine], ceann-aghaidh (english: forehead; countenance, physiognomy) [feminine], ceann-aimsir (english: date, epoch, era; term, period) [masculine], ceann-aimsreach (english: term-day) [masculine], ceann-airm (english: general, head of an army) [masculine], ceann-ama (english: deadline), ceann-aobhair (english: prime cause, first cause) [masculine], ceann-aodach (english: head-dress; mitre; turban) [masculine], ceann-àrd (english: high-headed) [adjective], ceann-armailt (english: general, commander of an array) [masculine], ceann-bàn a' mhonaidh (english: cotton-sedge) [masculine], ceann-barrach (english: jack-fish, dike) [masculine], ceann-bheart (english: helmet, head-piece) [masculine], ceann-bhiorach (english: conical, pointed at the head) [adjective], ceann-bhrat (english: canopy) [masculine], ceann-cinnidh (english: chieftain), ceann-daoraich (english: hangover), ceann-dubhag an t-seilich (english: willow tit), ceann-dubhag (english: marsh tit), ceann-latha (english: date), ceann-na-cìche (english: nipple), ceann-rèile (english: railway terminal), ceann-sgrìobhadh (english: caption; motto; subject), ceann-suidhe (english: president), ceannard (english: chief, boss), ceannfhacal (english: headword), dì-cheann (english: behead), gealag-dhubh-cheannach (english: reed bunting), gnogadh cinn (english: nod) [noun], iar-cheann-suidhe (english: vice president), os cionn (english: above), sgarfa-cinn (english: headscarf)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "in the long run",
      "word": "aig a' cheann thall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "reward offered for the head of a rebel or outlaw",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "airgead-ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "together",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "an ceann a chéile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ahead",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "an ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "in the end, at the expiration of",
      "word": "an ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "crown of head",
      "word": "bàrr a' chinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "occur, come to mind",
      "word": "buail an ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "upside down, topsy-turvy",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "bun os ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coal tit",
      "word": "cailleachag a' chinn duibh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "blue tit",
      "word": "cailleachag a' chinn ghuirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "thwart-brace of a boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann a' chnac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "thwart-brace of boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann a' chraidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "quaking grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann air chrith"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chimney pot",
      "word": "ceann simileir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "epiphany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-achra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pillow; bed-head",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-adhairt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "forehead; countenance, physiognomy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aghaidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "date, epoch, era; term, period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aimsir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "term-day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aimsreach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "general, head of an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-airm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "deadline",
      "word": "ceann-ama"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "prime cause, first cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aobhair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "head-dress; mitre; turban",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aodach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "high-headed",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-àrd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "general, commander of an array",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-armailt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cotton-sedge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bàn a' mhonaidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "jack-fish, dike",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-barrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "helmet, head-piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bheart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "conical, pointed at the head",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bhiorach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "canopy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bhrat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chieftain",
      "word": "ceann-cinnidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hangover",
      "word": "ceann-daoraich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "willow tit",
      "word": "ceann-dubhag an t-seilich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "marsh tit",
      "word": "ceann-dubhag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "date",
      "word": "ceann-latha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "nipple",
      "word": "ceann-na-cìche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "railway terminal",
      "word": "ceann-rèile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "caption; motto; subject",
      "word": "ceann-sgrìobhadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "president",
      "word": "ceann-suidhe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chief, boss",
      "word": "ceannard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "headword",
      "word": "ceannfhacal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "behead",
      "word": "dì-cheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "reed bunting",
      "word": "gealag-dhubh-cheannach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "nod",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "gnogadh cinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "vice president",
      "word": "iar-cheann-suidhe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "above",
      "word": "os cionn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "headscarf",
      "word": "sgarfa-cinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kione"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kione",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷennom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh pen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "penn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton penn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish and Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (compare Welsh pen, Breton penn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceannaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') cheann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceannaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cinn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "cinn",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "cinn",
        "pl": "cinn"
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "gd:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Body",
          "orig": "gd:Body",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head (of a body or a group of people)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-gd-noun-UqbbI01s",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end (the extreme part of something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-gd-noun-M-tjcvn4",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲʰãũn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲʰɛ̃ũn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye, Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceann"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic first-declension nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Primitive Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Primitive Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Anatomy",
    "gd:Body"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "in the long run",
      "word": "aig a' cheann thall"
    },
    {
      "english": "reward offered for the head of a rebel or outlaw",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "airgead-ceann"
    },
    {
      "english": "together",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "an ceann a chéile"
    },
    {
      "english": "ahead",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "an ceann"
    },
    {
      "english": "in the end, at the expiration of",
      "word": "an ceann"
    },
    {
      "english": "crown of head",
      "word": "bàrr a' chinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "occur, come to mind",
      "word": "buail an ceann"
    },
    {
      "english": "upside down, topsy-turvy",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "bun os ceann"
    },
    {
      "english": "coal tit",
      "word": "cailleachag a' chinn duibh"
    },
    {
      "english": "blue tit",
      "word": "cailleachag a' chinn ghuirm"
    },
    {
      "english": "thwart-brace of a boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann a' chnac"
    },
    {
      "english": "thwart-brace of boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann a' chraidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "quaking grass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann air chrith"
    },
    {
      "english": "chimney pot",
      "word": "ceann simileir"
    },
    {
      "english": "epiphany",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-achra"
    },
    {
      "english": "pillow; bed-head",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-adhairt"
    },
    {
      "english": "forehead; countenance, physiognomy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aghaidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "date, epoch, era; term, period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aimsir"
    },
    {
      "english": "term-day",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aimsreach"
    },
    {
      "english": "general, head of an army",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-airm"
    },
    {
      "english": "deadline",
      "word": "ceann-ama"
    },
    {
      "english": "prime cause, first cause",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aobhair"
    },
    {
      "english": "head-dress; mitre; turban",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-aodach"
    },
    {
      "english": "high-headed",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-àrd"
    },
    {
      "english": "general, commander of an array",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-armailt"
    },
    {
      "english": "cotton-sedge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bàn a' mhonaidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "jack-fish, dike",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-barrach"
    },
    {
      "english": "helmet, head-piece",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bheart"
    },
    {
      "english": "conical, pointed at the head",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bhiorach"
    },
    {
      "english": "canopy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann-bhrat"
    },
    {
      "english": "chieftain",
      "word": "ceann-cinnidh"
    },
    {
      "english": "hangover",
      "word": "ceann-daoraich"
    },
    {
      "english": "willow tit",
      "word": "ceann-dubhag an t-seilich"
    },
    {
      "english": "marsh tit",
      "word": "ceann-dubhag"
    },
    {
      "english": "date",
      "word": "ceann-latha"
    },
    {
      "english": "nipple",
      "word": "ceann-na-cìche"
    },
    {
      "english": "railway terminal",
      "word": "ceann-rèile"
    },
    {
      "english": "caption; motto; subject",
      "word": "ceann-sgrìobhadh"
    },
    {
      "english": "president",
      "word": "ceann-suidhe"
    },
    {
      "english": "chief, boss",
      "word": "ceannard"
    },
    {
      "english": "headword",
      "word": "ceannfhacal"
    },
    {
      "english": "behead",
      "word": "dì-cheann"
    },
    {
      "english": "reed bunting",
      "word": "gealag-dhubh-cheannach"
    },
    {
      "english": "nod",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "gnogadh cinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "vice president",
      "word": "iar-cheann-suidhe"
    },
    {
      "english": "above",
      "word": "os cionn"
    },
    {
      "english": "headscarf",
      "word": "sgarfa-cinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kione"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kione",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷennom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh pen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "penn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton penn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish and Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (compare Welsh pen, Breton penn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceannaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nan ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(a') cheann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceannaibh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "cinn",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "cinn",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "cinn",
        "pl": "cinn"
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, plural cinn)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head (of a body or a group of people)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end (the extreme part of something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲʰãũn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲʰɛ̃ũn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye, Wester Ross"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceann"
}

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