ceithearn

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).

Noun

ceithearn f (genitive singular ceithirne, nominative plural ceithearna)

  1. (historical, military) troop of foot soldiers
  2. (historical) yeomanry
  3. multitude

Declension

Declension of ceithearn (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceithearn ceithearna
vocative a cheithearn a cheithearna
genitive ceithirne ceithearn
dative ceithearn
ceithirn (archaic, dialectal) 		ceithearna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cheithearn na ceithearna
genitive na ceithirne na gceithearn
dative leis an gceithearn
leis an gceithirn (archaic, dialectal)
don cheithearn
don cheithirn (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na ceithearna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceithearn
radical lenition eclipsis
ceithearn cheithearn gceithearn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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