cethramad

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷetwariyos, with -mad added by analogy with the higher ordinals.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲe.θɾə.β̃əð/
  • (Blasse) [ˈkʲe.θɾa.β̃að]
  • (Griffith) [ˈkʲe.θɾə.β̃əð]

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers

<  3rd	4th	5th  >
Cardinal : cethair     Ordinal : cethramad

cethramad

1. fourth

Inflection

o/ā-stem

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cethramad	cethramad	cethramad
vocative	cethramaid* cethramad**
accusative	cethramad	cethramaid
genitive	cethramaid	cethramthae	cethramaid
dative	cethramud	cethramaid	cethramud
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	cethramaid	cethramtha
vocative	cethramthu cethramtha†
accusative	cethramthu cethramtha†
genitive	cethramad
dative	cethramadaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: ceathrú
• Manx: kerroo, kiarroo
• Scottish Gaelic: ceathramh

Mutation

Mutation of cethramad

radical	lenition	nasalization
cethramad	chethramad	cethramad pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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), “cethramad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language