ceathrú

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Irish

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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ceathrú (triggers h-prothesis of a following vowel)

  1. fourth

Noun

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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

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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

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ceathrú
radical lenition eclipsis
ceathrú cheathrú gceathrú

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

References

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  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, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 547, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 279, page 98

Further reading

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