cathais

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cathḟeis (“martial vigilance, watch”), from cath (“battle, fight”) + feis(s), fess.

Noun

cathais f (genitive singular cathaise, nominative plural cathaisí)

1. (literary) vigil, watch

Declension

Declension of cathais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cathais cathaisí Vocative a chathais a chathaisí Genitive cathaise cathaisí Dative cathais cathaisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chathais na cathaisí Genitive na cathaise na gcathaisí Dative leis an gcathais don chathais leis na cathaisí

Etymology 2

Noun

cathais f (genitive singular cathaise)

1. Alternative form of caithis (“fondness, affection; charm, attraction”)

Declension

Declension of cathais

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cathais Vocative a chathais Genitive cathaise Dative cathais

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chathais Genitive na cathaise Dative leis an gcathais don chathais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cathais	chathais	gcathais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language