ceathracha

Irish

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Cardinal: daichead, dhá fhichead, ceathracha     Ordinal: daicheadú, ceathrachadú

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

ceathracha m (genitive singular ceathrachad, nominative plural ceathrachaidí)

1. (Connemara) Synonym of daichead (“forty”)

Declension

Declension of ceathracha (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceathracha ceathrachaidí vocative a cheathracha a cheathrachaidí genitive ceathrachad ceathrachaidí dative ceathracha ceathrachaid (archaic, dialectal) ceathrachaidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceathracha na ceathrachaidí genitive an cheathrachad na gceathrachaidí dative leis an gceathracha leis an gceathrachaid (archaic, dialectal) don cheathracha don cheathrachaid (archaic, dialectal) leis na ceathrachaidí

Derived terms

• ceathrachadú

Etymology 2

Noun

ceathracha

1. Only used in col ceathracha

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceathracha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceathracha	cheathracha	gceathracha

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ceaṫraċa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceathracha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN