céad
See also: cead
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ceːd̪ˠ/
Etymology 1
| < 99 | 100 | 101 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : céad Ordinal : céadú | ||
From Old Irish cét, from Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Alternative forms
- ceud (obsolete)
Derived terms
Noun
céad m (genitive singular céid, nominative plural céadta)
- (group of a) hundred
- century
- hundredweight
Declension
Declension of céad
Synonyms
- (century): aois
- (hundredweight): céad meáchain
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cét-, from Proto-Celtic *kentus (“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”); cognate with Latin recēns (“recent”) and Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”).
Adjective
céad (indeclinable) (triggers lenition (except of d, s, and t))
- first
- an chéad fhear ― the first man
- na chéad daoine ― the first people
- ar an gcéad líne ― on the first line
Usage notes
- Usually preceded by the definite article, and always lenited after the article except in the dative singular, where it mutates according to the preposition used.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| céad | chéad | gcéad |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “1 cét (‘hundred’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “1 cét- (‘first’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “céad” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "céad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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