cethorcho

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷeturkont, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷétwr̥dḱomt.

Pronunciation

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  30 40 50  > 
    Cardinal : cethorcho
    Ordinal : cethramad

cethorcho m (genitive cethorchat)

  1. forty
    • c. 720, Baile Chuinn Chétchathaig from Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10, published in "On the Dates of Two Sources Used in Thurneysen's Heldensage", Ériu 16 (1952), pages 145-156, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen and Gerard Murphy and with translations by Gerard Murphy
      íer cetharchait aidchi
      after forty nights

Inflection

Masculine nt-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cethorcho cethorchuitL cethorchuit
Vocative cethorcho cethorchuitL cethorchota
Accusative cethorchuitN cethorchuitL cethorchota
Genitive cethorchat cethorchatL cethorchatN
Dative cethorchuitL cethorchotaib cethorchotaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cethracha

Mutation

Mutation of cethorcho
radical lenition nasalization
cethorcho chethorcho cethorcho
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

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