ceithern
Middle Irish
Alternative forms
- ceithernn, ceithrenn
Etymology
From Old Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), borrowed from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).
Noun
ceithern f (genitive ceithirne)
Derived terms
- ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”)
- Irish: ceithearnach
Descendants
- Irish: ceithearn
- Manx: kern
- Scottish Gaelic: ceatharn, ceatharna
- → Middle English: kerne
- English: kern
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ceithern | cheithern | ceithern pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceithern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Ceithern”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceithern”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page ceithern