Cathal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Irish Cathal.

Proper noun[edit]

Cathal

  1. A male given name from Irish.

Anagrams[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish Cathal, from Proto-Celtic *Katuwalos (strong in battle), cognate with Gaulish Katouualos, Old Welsh Catgual, Welsh Cadwal.[1] Related to Irish cath (battle), Proto-Celtic *walos (prince, chief), and the -all name suffix in Domhnall and Dónall (Donald), and Conall (Connel).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cathal m (genitive Chathail)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Charles

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Cathal Chathal gCathal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402