cétmuinter

Old Irish[edit]

From cét- (“first”) +‎ muinter (“family, household”).

cétmuinter f (genitive cétmuintire)

The term primarily appeared in legal texts in Old Irish, and could be used to refer to a spouse of either gender depending on the context.

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cétmuinter^L	cétmuintir^L	cétmuintera^H
Vocative	cétmuinter^L	cétmuintir^L	cétmuintera^H
Accusative	cétmuintir^N	cétmuintir^L	cétmuintera^H
Genitive	cétmuintire^H	cétmuinter^L	cétmuinter^N
Dative	cétmuintir^L	cétmuinteraib	cétmuinteraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

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