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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cethramad (“fourth”), from cethair (“four”). By surface analysis, ceathair + -ú.
Pronunciation
Noun
ceathrú f (genitive singular ceathrún, nominative plural ceathrúna or ceathrúnaí)
- a quarter
- ceathrú chun a trí ― a quarter to three
- ceathrú tar éis a trí ― a quarter past three
- thigh
- Synonym: leis
Declension
Derived terms
Adjective
ceathrú (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)
- fourth
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| ceathrú
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cheathrú
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gceathrú
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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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