cét

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cet"

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kantom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲeːd/

Numeral

Old Irish cardinal numbers

<  90	100
Cardinal : cét     Ordinal : cétmad

cét

1. hundred

Derived terms

• cétach

Descendants

• Irish: céad
• Manx: keead
• Scottish Gaelic: ceud

Noun

cét n

1. hundred
2. a hundred people, warriors
3. troops, battalions

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cétN	cétN	cétL, céta
Vocative	cétN	cétN	cétL, céta
Accusative	cétN	cétN	cétL, céta
Genitive	céitL	cét	cétN
Dative	cétL	cétaib	cétaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cét	chét	cét pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cét”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language