cathaoir
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See also: Cathaoir
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cathaír, from Latin cathedra.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kaˈhiːɾʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkahiːɾʲ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈkəiɾʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaihiɾʲ/
Noun[edit]
cathaoir f (genitive singular cathaoireach, nominative plural cathaoireacha)
- chair
- (piece of furniture)
- (professorship at university)
- Synonym: ollúnacht
- seat, throne
- stool, stump (of tree)
Declension[edit]
Declension of cathaoir
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Archaic genitive plural: cathaoireach
Derived terms[edit]
- ardchathaoir (“highchair”)
- cathaoir bhog, cathaoir shócúil (“easy-chair”)
- cathaoir bhreithiúnais (“seat of judgment”)
- cathaoir deice (“deck-chair”)
- cathaoir easpaig (“bishop's throne, apse, synthronus”)
- cathaoir luascáin, cathaoir luasctha (“rocking-chair”)
- cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
- cathaoir ríoga (literally “royal seat”), ríchathaoir (“throne”)
- cathaoir rothaí (“wheel-chair”)
- cathaoir sclóine (“swivel chair”)
- cathaoir shúgáin (“sugan chair”)
- cathaoir uilleach, cathaoir uilleann (“arm-chair”)
- dul sa chathaoir (“to take the chair, preside (at meeting)”)
- fear cathaoireach (“chairman”)
Related terms[edit]
- cathaoirleach (“chairman”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cathaoir | chathaoir | gcathaoir |
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) “cathaoir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cathaír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caṫaoir”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121
- Entries containing “cathaoir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cathaoir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 46