céadú
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See also: ceadú
Irish
[edit]| ← 10 | ← 90 | 100 | 1,000 → | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: céad Ordinal: céadú | ||||
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cétmad,[2] from Proto-Celtic *kantometos. By surface analysis, céad (“hundred”) + -ú. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ceudamh.
Adjective
[edit]céadú (not comparable) (abbreviated 100ú)
Declension
[edit]Declension of céadú
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | céadú | chéadú | céadú; chéadú² | |
| Vocative | chéadú | céadú | ||
| Genitive | céadú | céadú | céadú | |
| Dative | céadú; chéadú¹ |
chéadú | céadú; chéadú² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| céadú | chéadú | gcéadú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “céadú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétmad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “céadṁaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 123
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céadú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN