Irish

Numeral

ceathair

1. four

Usage notes

This form is used independently, not with a noun that it modifies. It is always preceded by the particle a.

• a ceathair, a cúig, a sé‎ ― four, five, six
• bus a ceathair‎ ― bus number four
• a ceathair a chlog‎ ― four o’clock

Related terms

• ceathrar (used to modify a noun referring to human beings)
• ceithre (used to modify a noun not referring to human beings)

Derived terms

• ceathrú(ordinal)