ceathrar

Irish

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Cardinal: ceathair     Ordinal: ceathrú     Personal: ceathrar     Attributive: ceithre

Ceathrar i gcurach

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish cethrar (“four people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcahɾˠəɾˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cæːɾˠ/

Noun

ceathrar m (genitive singular ceathrair, nominative plural ceathrair) (triggers no mutation)

1. four people

   Tá ceathrar páistí sa pháirc. ― There are four children in the park.

Usage notes

• Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension

Declension of ceathrar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceathrar ceathrair Vocative a cheathrair a cheathrara Genitive ceathrair ceathrar Dative ceathrar ceathrair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceathrar na ceathrair Genitive an cheathrair na gceathrar Dative leis an gceathrar don cheathrar leis na ceathrair

Derived terms

• col ceathrair

Related terms

• ceathair
• ceithre (non-personal)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceathrar	cheathrar	gceathrar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ceathrar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “four”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, retrieved 24 May 2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceathrar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN, retrieved 24 May 2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cethrar (“four people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛɾəɾ/

Noun

ceathrar m (genitive singular ceathrair, plural ceathraran)

1. four

Usage notes

• Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
• Following noun is in the genitive:

  ceathrar bhalach ― four boys

• Alternatively, de and the dative are used:

  ceathrar de bhalaich ― four boys

• Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig

  an ceathrar dhiubh / aca ― the four of them

• Also used on its own:

  Bha ceathrar ann. ― There were four.

Related terms

• ceithir

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
ceathrar	cheathrar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceathrar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cethrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language