adj io, iā (cétnae) primary, primitive : a eclais c.¤ inna n-apstal, Ml. 65d14 . Gramm. of primary as opposed to derived (diṡruidigthe) forms: ciall genitiui nominis cétnaidi `the meaning of the genitive of the primitive noun', Sg. 30b5 . isind anmmaimm chétnidiu, 54b3 . innaṅdobriathar cétnide, 188a18 . fere cétnide `a primary fere ', 188a19 . As adv. incetnaidu gl. primo, LB 277a45 .

As subst. n. primary form : imbí hinun folud bís indib ┐ acetnide `their primitive' (of participles), Sg. 188a6 . frisa cétnide, 15 . in chétnidi hua mbí a n-aitrebthach gl. principalis, 32b15 . anetargnæ inchetnidi ┐ indirṡuidigthi, 188a7 . tresingenitin inchétnidi, 201a2 . ónchetnidiu gl. primitiui, 207b2 . it cétnidi, 56b1 . asbertar atacétnidi inchamthuisil, 197a2 . cétnidi gl. primitiuae (praepositiones), 212b16 . chétnaidi ┐ dirudigthi, 28a4 . huare ata comlonna inna digabthacha fria cetnidi `diminutives . . . primitives', 48b5 .