ceathair

Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
40[a], [b], [c]
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    Cardinal: ceathair
    Ordinal: ceathrú
    Personal: ceathrar
    Attributive: ceithre

Etymology

From Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from earlier Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ceathair

  1. four

Usage notes

  • This form is used independently, not with a noun that it modifies. It is always preceded by the particle a.
  • a ceathair, a cúig, a sé... ― four, five, six...
  • deich a ceathair, deich a cúig, deich a sé... ― fourteen, fifteen, sixteen...
  • bus a ceathair ― bus number four
  • a ceathair a chlog ― four o’clock

Derived terms

  • ceathrar (used to modify personal nouns)
  • ceithre (used to modify non-personal nouns)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceathair
radical lenition eclipsis
ceathair cheathair gceathair

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

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