cathaír

See also: cathair

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaθaːi̯rʲ]

Noun

cathaír f (genitive cathaíre, nominative plural cathaíri)

1. chair

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cathaírL	cathaírL	cathaíriH
Vocative	cathaírL	cathaírL	cathaíriH
Accusative	cathaíriN	cathaírL	cathaíriH
Genitive	cathaíreH	cathaíreL	cathaíreN
Dative	cathaíriL	cathaírib	cathaírib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cathaír
  • Irish: cathaoir
  • Manx: caair
  • Scottish Gaelic: cathair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cathaír	chathaír	cathaír pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathaír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language