cith

See also: ciþ

Irish

Alternative forms

• cioth

Etymology

From Middle Irish cith.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /cɨ̞h/
• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /cʊx/ (as if spelled ciuch)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /cɪ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɪç/

Noun

cith m (genitive singular ceatha, nominative plural ceathanna)

1. shower (brief fall of rain)
2. shower (device for bathing; instance of using this device)

Declension

Declension of cith

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cith ceathanna Vocative a chith a cheathanna Genitive ceatha ceathanna Dative cith ceathanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cith na ceathanna Genitive an cheatha na gceathanna Dative leis an gcith don chith leis na ceathanna

Derived terms

• barrchith
• cithfholcadán
• cithfholcadh

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cith	chith	gcith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cíoṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 141
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77