ceithern
Middle Irish
Alternative forms
- ceithernn, ceithrenn
Etymology
From Old Irish ceithern (“band of soldiers”), borrowed from Latin quaterniō (“group of four soldiers”).
Derived terms
- ceithernach (“member or leader of a ceithern”)
- Irish: ceithearnach
Descendants
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ceithern | cheithern | ceithern pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ceithern”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ceithern”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page ceithern
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