ceathrú

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Irish

Irish numbers (edit)
40[a], [b]
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: ceathair
    Ordinal: ceathrú
    Personal: ceathrar
    Attributive: ceithre

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish cethramad (“fourth”), from cethair (“four”). By surface analysis, ceathair +‎ -ú.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceathrú (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

  1. fourth

Noun

ceathrú f (genitive singular ceathrún, nominative plural ceathrúna or ceathrúnaí)

  1. a quarter
    ceathrú chun a trí ― a quarter to three
    ceathrú tar éis a trí ― a quarter past three
  2. thigh
    Synonym: leis

Declension

Declension of ceathrú

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceathrú ceathrúna
Vocative a cheathrú a cheathrúna
Genitive ceathrún ceathrúna
Dative ceathrú
ceathrúin (in certain phrases) 		ceathrúna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cheathrú na ceathrúna
Genitive na ceathrún na gceathrúna
Dative leis an gceathrú

don cheathrú

leis na ceathrúna

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceathrú cheathrú gceathrú
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, § 221, page 112
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 547, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 279, page 98

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