cathrach
Irish
Etymology 1
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Noun
cathrach m (genitive singular cathraigh)
- (collective) cluster of beehive huts
Declension
Declension of cathrach
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
Noun
cathrach f sg
- genitive singular of cathair (“city; enclosed church establishment; monastic city; circular stone fort; dwelling(-place); bed, lair”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cathrach | chathrach | gcathrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cathrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cathrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish
Noun
cathrach f
- inflection of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent ; fortified city, city”):
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cathrach | chathrach | cathrach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Noun 1
cathrach f sg
Noun 2
cathrach f sg
Noun 3
cathrach f sg
- genitive singular of cathair (“gig; bed; stock, colewort, cabbage; plot (of land); guard, sentinel, warder”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cathrach | chathrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |