cathais
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish cathḟeis (“martial vigilance, watch”), from cath (“battle, fight”) + feis(s), fess.
Noun
[edit]cathais f (genitive singular cathaise, nominative plural cathaisí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cathais
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]cathais f (genitive singular cathaise)
- Alternative form of caithis (“fondness, affection; charm, attraction”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cathais
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language