ceachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cechtar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcaxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Pronoun

ceachtar

1. either (+ ag or de (“of”)), (with negative verb) neither

   Is féidir le ceachtar againn dul.

   Either of us can go.

   Ní raibh a fhios ag ceachtar den dá bhuachaill.

   Neither of the two boys knew.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceachtar	cheachtar	gceachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cechtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN