céadú

See also: ceadú

Irish

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    Cardinal: céad
    Ordinal: céadú

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cétmad,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kantometos. By surface analysis, céad (“hundred”) +‎ -ú. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceudamh.

Adjective

céadú (not comparable) (abbreviated 100ú)

  1. hundredth

Declension

Declension of céadú
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative céadú chéadú céadú;
chéadú2
vocative chéadú céadú
genitive céadú céadú céadú
dative céadú;
chéadú1 		chéadú céadú;
chéadú2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of céadú
radical lenition eclipsis
céadú chéadú gcéadú

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

References

  1. ^ “céadú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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