céad

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See also: cead

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Irish numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: céad
    Ordinal: céadú

From Old Irish cét,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Alternative forms

Numeral

céad

  1. hundred
Derived terms

Noun

céad m (genitive singular céid, nominative plural céadta)

  1. (group of a) hundred
  2. century
  3. hundredweight
Declension
Declension of céad

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative céad céadta
Vocative a chéid a chéadta
Genitive céid céadta
Dative céad céadta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an céad na céadta
Genitive an chéid na gcéadta
Dative leis an gcéad

don chéad

leis na céadta

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Irish numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: aon
    Ordinal: céad, aonú
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1ú
    Personal: aonar
    Attributive: amháin

From Old Irish cét-,[3] from Proto-Celtic *kentus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”); cognate with Latin recēns (“recent”) and Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”).

Adjective

céad (indeclinable) (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))

  1. first
    an chéad fhear ― the first man
    na chéad daoine ― the first people
    ar an gcéad líne ― on the first line
Usage notes
  • Usually preceded by the definite article, and always lenited after the article except in the dative singular, where it mutates according to the preposition used.
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
céad chéad gcéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 24, page 14
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cét-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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