céad-, céid-

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first, pre-eminent, above-mentioned; -bhaile 20 29; -bharr 43 9; -bhuille 89 19; -chion (often "Original Sin") 60 9; -chuma 58 14; -daoine (natives) 36 27; -easbhaidh 10 25; -fhear 10 18; -fhoghal 20 11; -ghlanadh 60 18; -ionadh 20 17; an -la 59 17, 21; -shiobhal 20 11; -shlighe 20 29; -shluaigheadh  60 12; don -tuile 60 3; other exx. given under second part of compound.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

numeral forming compound first; céidbhliadhain 1034, céiddigh 629, c.-ghoradh 802.

Duanaire Mhéig Uidhir: The poembook of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir, Lord of Fermanagh 1566-1589. Editor: David Greene. Translator: David Greene.

first, prefixed as adj., céad-athair, 5, céad-ghoin; but céid-leabhar, céid-ghné, etc.

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.