ceithearn
Irish
Alternative forms
- ceatharn
Etymology
From Middle Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).
Noun
ceithearn f (genitive singular ceithirne, nominative plural ceithearna)
- (historical, military) troop of foot soldiers
- (historical) yeomanry
- multitude
Declension
Declension of ceithearn
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ceithearnach (“kern, pawn”)
- ceithearnach timpill (“bodyguard”)
- ceithearn choille (“woodkern, highwayman”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ceithearn | cheithearn | gceithearn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “ceithearn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceithern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceaṫarn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 130
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ceiṫearn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceithearn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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