ceithir

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
40[a], [b]
 ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: ceithir
    Standalone: a ceithir
    Ordinal: ceathramh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4mh
    Personal: ceathrar
    Multiplier: ceithir-fillte
    Fractional: cairteal

Etymology

From Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲehɪɾʲ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [kʲehɪð]

Numeral

ceithir

  1. four

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ceithircheithir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceithir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cethair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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