céadach

See also: Céadach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cétach.[2] By surface analysis, céad (“hundred”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

céadach (genitive singular masculine céadaigh, genitive singular feminine céadaí, plural céadacha, not comparable)

  1. hundredfold

Declension

Declension of céadach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative céadach chéadach céadacha;
chéadacha2
vocative chéadaigh céadacha
genitive céadaí céadacha céadach
dative céadach;
chéadach1 		chéadach;
chéadaigh (archaic) 		céadacha;
chéadacha2
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

Mutated forms of céadach
radical lenition eclipsis
céadach chéadach gcéadach

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

References

  1. ^ “céadach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cétach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 228

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “céadaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 171; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “céadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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