ceathrúil

Irish

Etymology

From ceathair +‎ -úil.

Adjective

ceathrúil (genitive singular masculine ceathrúil, genitive singular feminine ceathrúla, plural ceathrúla, not comparable)

1. quadruple

Declension

Declension of ceathrúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceathrúil	cheathrúil	ceathrúla; cheathrúla²
Vocative	cheathrúil		ceathrúla
Genitive		ceathrúla	ceathrúla	ceathrúil
Dative	ceathrúil; cheathrúil¹	cheathrúil	ceathrúla; cheathrúla²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceathrúil	cheathrúil	gceathrúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ceathrúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024