Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).
Noun
ceithearn f (genitive singular ceithirne, nominative plural ceithearna)
- (historical, military) troop of foot soldiers
- (historical) yeomanry
- multitude
Declension
Declension of ceithearn (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ceithearn
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ceithearna
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| vocative
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a cheithearn
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a cheithearna
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| genitive
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ceithirne
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ceithearn
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| dative
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ceithearn
ceithirn (archaic, dialectal)
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ceithearna
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an cheithearn
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na ceithearna
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| genitive
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na ceithirne
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na gceithearn
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| dative
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leis an gceithearn
leis an gceithirn (archaic, dialectal)
don cheithearn
don cheithirn (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na ceithearna
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of ceithearn
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| ceithearn
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cheithearn
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gceithearn
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “ceithearn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceithern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceaṫarn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 130
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceiṫearn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceithearn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN