ceithir
Scottish Gaelic
| 40[a], [b] | ||
| ← 3 | 4 | 5 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: ceithir Standalone: a ceithir Ordinal: ceathramh Ordinal abbreviation: 4mh Personal: ceathrar Multiplier: ceithir-fillte Fractional: cairteal | ||
Etymology
From Old Irish cethair,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Pronunciation
Numeral
ceithir
Usage notes
Derived terms
- às na ceithir ranna ruadha (“from the four corners of the world”)
- ceathrad (“forty”)
- ceathramh (“quarter”)
- ceathrar (“four people”)
- ceithir-thimcheall (“all around”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| ceithir | cheithir |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cethair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceithir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN