ceathrúil

Irish

Etymology

From ceathair +‎ -úil.

Adjective

ceathrúil (genitive singular masculine ceathrúil, genitive singular feminine ceathrúla, plural ceathrúla, not comparable)

  1. quadruple

Declension

Declension of ceathrúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceathrúil cheathrúil ceathrúla;
cheathrúla2
vocative cheathrúil ceathrúla
genitive ceathrúla ceathrúla ceathrúil
dative ceathrúil;
cheathrúil1
cheathrúil ceathrúla;
cheathrúla2
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 ceathrúil
radical lenition eclipsis
ceathrúil cheathrúil gceathrúil

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

Further reading

  • ceathrúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025