cathaiseach
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cathaisech (“vigilant; noisy”); synchronically, cathais (“vigil, watch”) + -ach. Compare Cathasach (name).
Adjective
cathaiseach (genitive singular masculine cathaisigh, genitive singular feminine cathaisí, plural cathaiseacha, comparative cathaisí)
- (literary) vigilant, watchful
- Synonyms: airdeallach, aireach
Etymology 2
Adjective
cathaiseach (genitive singular masculine cathaisigh, genitive singular feminine cathaisí, plural cathaiseacha, comparative cathaisí)
- Alternative form of caithiseach (“affectionate; attractive; delightful, delicious”)
Declension
Declension of cathaiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cathaiseach | chathaiseach | cathaiseacha; chathaiseacha² | |
| Vocative | chathaisigh | cathaiseacha | ||
| Genitive | cathaisí | cathaiseacha | cathaiseach | |
| Dative | cathaiseach; chathaiseach¹ |
chathaiseach; chathaisigh (archaic) |
cathaiseacha; chathaiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cathaisí | |||
| Superlative | is cathaisí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cathaiseach | chathaiseach | gcathaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathaisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language