caithir
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Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
caithir f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)
Declension[edit]
Declension of caithir
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative genitive singular: caithreach
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
caithir
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caithir | chaithir | gcaithir |
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) “caithir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caithir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “caithir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Old Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
caithir f
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: caithir
Noun[edit]
caithir f
- Alternative form of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent; (fortified) city”)
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
caithir | chaithir | caithir 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]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language