cait

See also: cáit, Cáit, and Cait

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katʲ/
• IPA^(key): /kɪtʲ/ (as if spelled cuit)

Noun

cait m

1. inflection of cat (“cat”):
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cait	chait	gcait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cait”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cait”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cait”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛʰtʲ/

Noun

cait m

1. inflection of cat (“cat”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cait	chait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• (imperfect/conditional): caet
• (imperfect subjunctive): caffit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kai̯t/

Verb

cait

1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional of cael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cait	gait	nghait	chait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.