cath

See also: Cath

English

Noun

cath (plural caths)

1. Abbreviation of cathode.
2. Abbreviation of catheter.

Verb

cath (third-person singular simple present caths, present participle cathing, simple past and past participle cathed)

1. (transitive) To fit (somebody) with a catheter.
   • 2004, Adrian Sandler, Living with Spina Bifida (page 160)

     At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast.

   • 2010, Judith Rogers, The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth

     Unlike Sharon, Sherry Adele was able to return to self-cathing after delivery.

Anagrams

• ACTH, CHAT, chat, tach

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• kath

Noun

cath f (plural cathas or cathes)

1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) cat

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Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna or catha)

1. battle

   Proverb: Ní hé lá an chatha lá an chnuasaithe. ― A stitch in time saves nine. ("The day of battle is not the day for gathering food".)

   1. (literature) battle tale
2. conflict, trial
3. battalion

Declension

Declension of cath

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cath cathanna Vocative a chath a chathanna Genitive catha cathanna Dative cath cathanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cath na cathanna Genitive an chatha na gcathanna Dative leis an gcath don chath leis na cathanna

Derived terms

• ag cur catha ar choinlíní (“tilting at windmills”)
• an cath a bhriseadh (“to break the ice”)
• blár catha, fód catha, machaire catha (“field of battle”)
• cath a bhriseadh ar arm (“to defeat an army in battle”)
• cath cúlchosanta (“rearguard battle”)
• cath farraige (“sea-battle”)
• cath fíochmhar (“fierce battle”)
• cath fuilteach (“bloody battle”)
• cath rua (“fierce, bloody, battle”)
• cathach (“battling, warlike”, adjective)
• cathaí (“battler, fighter”)
• cathaigh (“battle, fight; tempt”, verb)
• céalmhaine chatha (“battle omen”)
• cliath catha (“rank of battle”)
• cliathán catha (“flank of battle”)
• coigeadal catha (“noise of battle”)
• coimhlint chatha (“battle rivalry”)
• cóiriú catha (“battle array; (story-telling) run”)
• comhla chatha (“mainstay in battle”)
• córacha catha (“‘runs’, flourishes, in story-telling”)
• cuinge catha (“champion in battle”)
• culaith chatha (“battle equipment”)
• cúrsóir catha (“battle-cruiser”)
• díomua catha, maidhm chatha (“defeat in battle, rout”)
• éide chatha (“battle armour”)
• gáir chatha, liú catha (“battle-cry”)
• in ord catha (“in battle order”)
• ionad catha (“scene of battle”)
• leon catha (“warrior”, literally “lion in battle”)
• líne chatha (“line of battle”)
• líon catha (“battle strength”)
• log catha (“site of battle”)
• mana catha (“omen of battle”)
• meanma chatha (“presentiment of battle”)
• oiris chatha (“rendezvous of battle”)
• ré chatha (“battle-ground”)
• rosc catha (“battle-chant; war-cry”)
• sceimheal catha (“rampart of battle”)
• scís chatha (“battle-weariness”)
• taoiseach catha (“leader in battle”)
• tua chatha (“battle-axe”)
• tuairgní catha (“battle-smiter, warrior; leader in battle.”)
• ursain chatha (“prop of battle”)

 

Related terms

• cafarr

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cath	chath	gcath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaθ/

Noun

cath m (genitive catho or catha)

1. battle, fight
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34^a20

     in chatho glosses proelii

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112^a5

     amal dunem-side nech iarna chúl hi cath

     behind him in battle

   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 44^a1

     fon chath glosses sub Marte

2. troop, battalion

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cath	cathL	cathaeH
Vocative	cath	cathL	cathu
Accusative	cathN	cathL	cathu
Genitive	cathoH, cathaH	cathoL, cathaL	cathaeN
Dative	cathL	cathaib	cathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cathach (“bellicose, warlike”)
• cathaige (“warrior”)
• cathaigecht (“warfare”)
• cathaigid (“fight, give battle”)
• cathbarr
• cathḟeis

 

Descendants

• Irish: cath
• Manx: cah
• Scottish Gaelic: cath

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cath	chath	cath 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), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, plural cathan)

1. battle

   Synonym: blàr

Derived terms

• pic-catha

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːθ/

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Noun

cath f (plural cathod or cathau)

1. cat; wildcat
2. cat, tipcat; cat-o'-nine-tails

Derived terms

• cathbysgod
• cath fach

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cath	gath	nghath	chath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cath”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies