cethrar

Old Irish

Etymology

From cethair +‎ -ar.

Noun

cethrar n

1. four people

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cethrarN	—	—
Vocative	cethrarN	—	—
Accusative	cethrarN	—	—
Genitive	cethrairL	—	—
Dative	cethrurL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: ceathrar
• Scottish Gaelic: ceathrar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cethrar	chethrar	cethrar pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cethrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language