céad

See also: cead

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Irish numbers (edit)
 ←  10  ←  90 100 1,000  → 
10
    Cardinal: céad
    Ordinal: céadú

From Old Irish cét,[3] from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Alternative forms

Numeral

céad

  1. hundred
Derived terms

Noun

céad m (genitive singular céid, nominative plural céadta)

  1. (group of a) hundred
  2. century
  3. hundredweight
Declension
Declension of céad (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative céad céadta
vocative a chéid a chéadta
genitive céid céadta
dative céad céadta
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an céad na céadta
genitive an chéid na gcéadta
dative leis an gcéad
don chéad 		leis na céadta
Synonyms
  • (century): aois
  • (hundredweight): céad meáchain

Etymology 2

Irish numbers (edit)
10
1 2  → [a], [b] 10  → 
    Cardinal: aon
    Ordinal: céad, aonú
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1ú
    Personal: aonar
    Attributive: amháin

From Old Irish cét-,[4] from Proto-Celtic *kentus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”); cognate with Latin recēns (“recent”) and Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”).

Adjective

céad (indeclinable) (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

  1. first
    an chéad fhear ― the first man
    na chéad daoine ― the first people
    ar an gcéad líne ― on the first line
Usage notes
  • Usually preceded by the definite article, and always lenited after the article except in the dative singular, where it mutates according to the preposition used.
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of céad
radical lenition eclipsis
céad chéad gcéad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 396, page 132
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cét-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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