casacht
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Welsh pesychu (“to cough”).
Noun
[edit]casacht f (genitive singular casachta)
- cough
- Tá casacht orm.
- I have a cough
Declension
[edit]Declension of casacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
casacht | chasacht | gcasacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “casacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024