Scottish Gaelic

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Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
40
[a], [b], [c] ←  3 4 5  → 
    Cardinal: ceithir
    Standalone: a ceithir
    Ordinal: ceathramh
    Ordinal abbreviation: 4mh
    Personal: ceathrar
    Multiplier: ceithir-fillte
    Fractional: cairteal

Etymology

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From Old Irish cethramad (fourth). By surface analysis, ceithir +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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an ceathramh

  1. fourth

Noun

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ceathramh m (genitive singular ceathraimh, plural ceathramhan)

  1. fourth, quarter
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References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 244
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 87
  6. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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eth 1