cétnae
Old Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cét- (“first”), from Proto-Celtic *kentus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]| 1st | 2nd > | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : óen Ordinal : cétnae | ||
cétnae
Inflection
[edit]| 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 | ||
* when substantivized
| 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 | ||
* when substantivized
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| 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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cétnae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language