n iā, f. (1 cerd. Cf. cáe) IGT Decl. § 7 (g s. -ad, n pl. -ada). Later also n-stem. workshop, smithy : cerddchae gl. officina, Sg. 51b3 . cerdchae gl. conflatorium , Études Celt. xxii 212 § 64 . cāi .i. tech, unde dicitur cerdcha .i. tech cerda, Corm. Y 365 . būi G. goba isin c[h]erdcha og dēnam na n-armm, 975 . aith, ceardcha, Laws v 160.3 . cerdcha in goband, iii 190.y Comm. do mindlestraib na cerdcha workshop, 192.1 Comm. cerdcha gl. fabrica, Ir. Gl. 218 . dothaet in goba . . . assain cherdchai, LU 1877 . drem . . . dib i cerdchaib ic dénum arm, TTr.² 601 . re cerdcae ciormhaire, TFrag. 222.y . lan do thigibh amhail cherdcadaiph, BNnÉ 71 § 123 . lucht na cerdcha, Aisl. Tond. 131 § 4 (cf. lucht an dara cerdcha, ibid.). caor i gceardcha, Dán Dé x 9 . ar Choin na ceardcha Cú Chulainn, DDána 92.31 . i gceardchain 'na raibhe ceard chorcán gcriadh do dhéanamh, TSh. 312 .

Fig. bámar maráon i ccerdcaib goile ┐ gaisccidh, TBC St. 2898 . (Cf. air fheabhus a éoluis . . . a gceardchaibh goile ┐ gaisgidh, ITS xxiv 74.22 . re foghluim cerdcha goile ┐ gaisgidh, Dhá Sg. Art. 852.1165 .) ceardcha an áigh `the smithy of slaughter (i.e. battle-field)', Bard. Synt. Tr. 9. 197 § 7 . ríniadh ceardchan an chleasraidh, DDána 117.28 . Of a prince: ceardcha goile, 73.20 . Cf. na deighfhir . . . / ceardcha einigh na hÉireann, Top. Poems² 410 . teóra ceardcha 'nar chleacht sinn / áineas d'fagháil dom intinn / teach meabhraighthe . . . / teach luighe ar lochta . . . / teach breithibh gach gréasa gloin, Ir. Review 1913, 594 §§ 4 - 7 . trí ceardchadha congmhála / do dhreamuibh dile re dán `three forges that sustained', § 8 .