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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cechtar.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ceachtar
- either (+ ag or de (“of”)), (with negative verb) neither
Is féidir le ceachtar againn dul.- Either of us can go.
Ní raibh a fhios ag ceachtar den dá bhuachaill.- Neither of the two boys knew.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ceachtar
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cheachtar
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gceachtar
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cechtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN