cathach
Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish cathach (“relic, reliquary”).
Noun[edit]
cathach m or f (genitive singular cathaigh or cathaí)
Declension[edit]
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish cathach (“bellicose, warlike; vehement, forceful”). By surface analysis, cath (“battle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cathach | chathach | cathacha; chathacha² | |
Vocative | chathaigh | cathacha | ||
Genitive | cathaí | cathacha | cathach | |
Dative | cathach; chathach¹ |
chathach; chathaigh (archaic) |
cathacha; chathacha² | |
Comparative | níos cathaí | |||
Superlative | is cathaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)
- Alternative form of cathaitheach (“tempting; regretful, sorrowful”)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cathach | chathach | cathacha; chathacha² | |
Vocative | chathaigh | cathacha | ||
Genitive | cathaí | cathacha | cathach | |
Dative | cathach; chathach¹ |
chathach; chathaigh (archaic) |
cathacha; chathacha² | |
Comparative | níos cathaí | |||
Superlative | is cathaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cathach | chathach | gcathach |
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) “cathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cathach (‘bellicose’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cathach (‘relic’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cathach
Inflection[edit]
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cathach | cathach | cathach |
Vocative | cathaig* cathach** | ||
Accusative | cathach | cathaig | |
Genitive | cathaig | cathaige | cathaig |
Dative | cathuch | cathaig | cathuch |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | cathaig | cathacha | |
Vocative | cathachu cathacha† | ||
Accusative | cathachu cathacha† | ||
Genitive | cathach | ||
Dative | cathachaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms[edit]
- cathaige (“warlike spirit”)
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: cathach
Noun[edit]
cathach f (genitive cathaige, nominative plural cathacha)
Inflection[edit]
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cathachL | cathaigL | cathachaH |
Vocative | cathachL | cathaigL | cathachaH |
Accusative | cathaigN | cathaigL | cathachaH |
Genitive | cathaigeH | cathachL | cathachN |
Dative | cathaigL | cathachaib | cathachaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
- Irish: cathach
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cathach | chathach | cathach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cathach (‘bellicose’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cathach (‘relic’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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