ceathrar

From Old Irish cethrar (“four people”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈcahɾˠəɾˠ/[2]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /cæːɾˠ/

ceathrar m (genitive singular ceathrair, nominative plural ceathrair) (triggers no mutation)

1. four people

   Tá ceathrar páistí sa pháirc. ― There are four children in the park.

• Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

• col ceathrair

• ceathair
• ceithre (non-personal)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceathrar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “ceathrar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ceathrar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Old Irish cethrar (“four people”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛɾəɾ/

ceathrar m (genitive singular ceathrair, plural ceathraran)

1. four

• Only used about persons (cf numerical noun).
• Following noun is in the genitive:

  ceathrar bhalach ― four boys

• Alternatively, de and the dative are used:

  ceathrar de bhalaich ― four boys

• Prepositional pronouns used are those formed from de and aig

  an ceathrar dhiubh / aca ― the four of them

• Also used on its own:

  Bha ceathrar ann. ― There were four.

• ceithir

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “ceathrar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cethrar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language