cathaige

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaθiɣʲe/

Etymology 1

From cath (“battle”) +‎ -ige.

Noun

cathaige m (nominative plural cathaigi)

1. fighter, warrior

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 2

From cathach (“bellicose”) +‎ -e.

Noun

cathaige f

1. martial spirit

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cathaigeL	cathaigiL	cathaigi
Vocative	cathaigeL	cathaigiL	cathaigi
Accusative	cathaigiN	cathaigiL	cathaigi
Genitive	cathaige	cathaigeL	cathaigeN
Dative	cathaigiL	cathaigib	cathaigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Adjective

cathaige

1. genitive singular feminine of cathach

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cathaige

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of cathach (“relic”)

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cathaige (‘fighter, warrior’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cathaige (‘martial spirit’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language