cétnae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cétne

Etymology

From cét- (“first”), from Proto-Celtic *kentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲeːdn͈e/

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers

	1st	2nd  >
Cardinal : óen     Ordinal : cétnae

cétnae

1. first
2. same

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cétnae	cétnae	cétnae
Vocative	cétnai
Accusative	cétnae	cétnai
Genitive	cétnai	cétnae	cétnai
Dative	cétnu	cétnai	cétnu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	cétnai	cétnai
Vocative	cétnai cétnu*
Accusative	cétnai cétnu*
Genitive	cétnae
Dative	cétnaib
Notes	* when substantivized

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cétne	cétne	cétne
Vocative	cétni
Accusative	cétne	cétni
Genitive	cétni	cétne	cétni
Dative	cétniu	cétni	cétniu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	cétni	cétni
Vocative	cétni cétniu*
Accusative	cétni cétniu*
Genitive	cétne
Dative	cétnib
Notes	* when substantivized

Derived terms

• cétnaide
• cétnae phersan

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cétna
  • Irish: céanna

Mutation

Mutation of cétnae

radical	lenition	nasalization
cétnae	chétnae	cétnae pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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