ceithir

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: ceithir     Standalone: a ceithir     Ordinal: ceathramh     Ordinal abbreviation: 4mh     Personal: ceathrar     Multiplier: ceithir-fillte     Fractional: cairteal

Etymology

From Old Irish cethair, from Proto-Celtic *kʷetwores, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰehɪɾʲ/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲʰehəð/, [ˈkʲʰɛhəð̥ʲ]

Numeral

ceithir

1. four

Usage notes

• In some dialects such as Barra, ceithir traditionally lenites the following noun, as dà does.

Derived terms

• às na ceithir ranna ruadha (“from the four corners of the world”)
• ceathrad (“forty”)
• ceathramh (“quarter”)
• ceathrar (“four people”)
• ceithir-thimcheall (“all around”)

Mutation

Mutation of ceithir

radical	lenition
ceithir	cheithir

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceithir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN