TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ceathair1, f. (gs. & pl. -thra). Quadruped.
ceathair2, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~eanna). 1. Numeral: Four. (In counting) (Usually preceded by particle a. See a3) A ~, four. A ~ déag, fourteen. Fiche a ~, a ~ is fiche, twenty-four. Céad is a ~, one hundred and four. A ~ is a ~, four and four. A ~ a chlog, four o’clock. (A) ~ nó (a)cúig de bhlianta ó shin, four or five years ago. Uimhir, cuid, a ~, number, part, four. Eoin a C~, John the Fourth. 2. Dhá, trí, cheathair, two, three, fours. Faoi cheathair, four times, fourfold. 3. (Of figure, series) Scrios an ~, delete the (figure) four. An ~ muileata, the four of diamonds.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A ceathair déag, fourteen.
A trí ~ a ceathair, three plus four.
A trí nó a ceathair de chuarta, three or four times.
Trí, ceathair, naoi, ~, thirteen, fourteen, nineteen.
Céad ~ a ceathair, one hundred and twenty-four.
A trí ~ a ceathair, three plus four.
A trí ~ a ceathair de thithe, three or four houses.
Céad ~ a ceathair, one hundred and seventy-four.
(A) ~ nó (a) ceathair de thithe, three or four houses.