ceathrar

Irish

From Old Irish cethrar (“four people”).

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

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.

Declension of ceathrar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ceathrar	na ceathrair
Genitive	an cheathrair	na gceathrar
Dative	leis an gceathrar don cheathrar	leis na ceathrair

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceathrar	cheathrar	gceathrar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

From Old Irish cethrar (“four people”).

ceathrar m

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.

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