ceithern

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• ceithernn
• ceithrenn

Etymology

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Noun

ceithern f (genitive ceithirne)

1. A band or troop of soldiers or fighting men, kern

Derived terms

• ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”)

Descendants

• Manx: kern
• → Middle English: kerne
  • English: kern

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ceithern	cheithern	ceithern 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), “ceithern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language