cétnae
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From cét- (“first”), from Proto-Celtic *kentus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
| 1st | 2nd > | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : óen Ordinal : cétnae | ||
cétnae
Inflection edit
| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cétnae | cétnae | cétnae |
| Vocative | cétnai | ||
| Accusative | cétnae | cétnai | |
| Genitive | cétnai | cétnae | cétnai |
| Dative | cétnu | cétnai | cétnu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | cétnai | cétnai | |
| Vocative | cétnai cétnu* | ||
| Accusative | cétnai cétnu* | ||
| Genitive | cétnae | ||
| Dative | cétnaib | ||
| Notes | * when substantivized | ||
| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cétne | cétne | cétne |
| Vocative | cétni | ||
| Accusative | cétne | cétni | |
| Genitive | cétni | cétne | cétni |
| Dative | cétniu | cétni | cétniu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | cétni | cétni | |
| Vocative | cétni cétniu* | ||
| Accusative | cétni cétniu* | ||
| Genitive | cétne | ||
| Dative | cétnib | ||
| Notes | * when substantivized | ||
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cétnae | chétnae | cétnae pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cétnae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language