Irish

Alternative forms

• ceud (obsolete)

Numeral

céad

1. hundred

Derived terms

• céad míle fáilte

Noun

céad m ‎(genitive singular céid, nominative plural céadta)

1. a group of a hundred
2. century
3. hundredweight

Declension

Synonyms

• (century): aois
• (hundredweight): céad meáchain

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cét-, from Proto-Celtic *kentus ‎(“first”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- ‎(“new, fresh”); cognate with Latin recēns ‎(“recent”) and Ancient Greek καινός ‎(kainós, “new”).

Adjective

céad (triggers lenition of a following b, c, f, g, m, or p)

1. first

   an chéad fhear‎ ― the first man

   na chéad daoine‎ ― the first people

   ar an gcéad líne‎ ― on the first line

Usage notes

Almost always preceded by the definite article, and always lenited after the article except in the dative singular, where it is eclipsed.

Derived terms

• Céadaoin

Mutation

References

• “1 cét (‘hundred’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “1 cét- (‘first’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “céad” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "céad" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.