ceithearn
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).
Noun
editceithearn f (genitive singular ceithirne, nominative plural ceithearna)
Declension
editDeclension of ceithearn
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- ceithearnach (“kern, pawn”)
- ceithearnach timpill (“bodyguard”)
- ceithearn choille (“woodkern, highwayman”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceithearn | cheithearn | gceithearn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “ceithearn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ceithern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceaṫarn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 130
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceiṫearn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceithearn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN