TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
ceithre, num.a. (Followed by sg. or pl. of noun and pl. of adjective; lenites initial consonant of singular noun; prefixes h to initial vowel of plural noun) Four. ~ pingne, ~ phunt, fourpence, four pounds. ~ lá mhóra, four great days. ~ bliana déag, ~ bhaile dhéag, fourteen years, fourteen towns. ~ huaire fichead, ~ acra is fiche, twenty-four hours, twenty-four acres. ~ fichid, four score, eighty. ~ chéad, ~ mhíle, four hundred, four thousand. S.a. aird1, bonn11(a), cnámh 1(a), crobh.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
As ceithre hairde an domhain, na cruinne, from the four quarters of the earth.
Sna ceithre hairde (fichead), in all directions.
Ar rothaí, ar cheithre cosa, on wheels, on four legs.
Dul ar do cheithre boinn, to go on all fours.
Ar chaoi cheithre slí, where four roads lead.
Ceithre chéad caoga is sé dhuine, four hundred and fifty-six persons.
Tá na ceithre scór ~tha aige, he has passed the eighty mark.
Má tá sé i do cheithre ~a, if you can summon up the strength for it.
Roinnfear do cheithre ~a ar a chéile, every bone in your body will be broken.
Ceithre ~a an domhain, the four corners of the earth.
Ceithre chéad ~, four hundred foot.
~ ceithre chapall, coach and four.
Cuirfidh siad ~a, ceithre ~a, na hocht gcosa, faoin scéal, they will lend wings to the story.
Ar do cheithre croibh, on all fours.
Thug siad ceithre cuarta an tí, they went all round, searched every corner of, the house.
Idir cheithre cúinní an tí, within the four corners of the house.
Ceithre troithe ~, fourteen feet.
An dosaen cothrom, na ceithre scór, a dhéanamh, to make the even dozen, the four score.
~ dhá leath, (ceithre) ceathrúna, de, make two halves, (four) quarters, of it.
Na ceithre ~e (aer, uisce, tine, talamh), the four elements (air, water, fire, earth).
Tá sé na ceithre fichid, he is four score.
Ceithre huaire ~ad, twenty-four hours.
Chuir siad ceithre cúigí Éireann ina cheann, they set the four provinces of Ireland against him.
Ó na ceithre ~aibh, from all quarters.
Ceithre bliana is ~, ceithre bliana ~d, ninety-four years.
Ceithre bliana ~d, is ~, eighty-four years.
Gheobhainn a cheithre ~ orthu, I would get four times as much for them.
Ceithre ~ na bliana, the four quarters of the year.
Cóngar cheithre ~, where four ways meet.
Ceithre ranna an domhain, the four quarters of the globe.
Ceithre leathanach a ~, to write four pages.
Ceithre sheacht, four sevens.
Ceithre sheachtú de rud, four sevenths of sth.
Na ceithre shoiscéal, the four gospels.
Tá sí ~ na ceithre fichid, she is over eighty.
Tá sé na ceithre scór ~, he is over fourscore.
Tá ceithre troithe de thimpeall aige, it has a circumference of four feet.
Tá sé ceithre slata ar a thrasna, it is four yards across.
Ceithre bliana ~d, ceithre bliana is ~, thirty-four years.
Níl ann ach na ceithre ~, he is reduced to a skeleton.