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

hundred

Derived terms

cétach

Descendants

Irish: céad
Manx: keead
Scottish Gaelic: ceud

Noun

cét n

hundred
a hundred people, warriors
troops, battalions

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cét^N	cét^N	cét^L, céta
vocative	cét^N	cét^N	cét^L, céta
accusative	cét^N	cét^N	cét^L, céta
genitive	céit^L	cét	cét^N
dative	cét^L	cétaib	cétaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of *cét*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cét	chét	cét pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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