caithréim

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cathréim (military career), from Old Irish cath (battle) + réimm (course, career).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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caithréim f (genitive singular caithréime, nominative plural caithréimeanna)

  1. triumph (conclusive success, victory)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caithréim chaithréim gcaithréim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading

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