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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceathracha	cheathracha	gceathracha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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