cathrach
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Noun[edit]
cathrach m (genitive singular cathraigh)
- (collective) cluster of beehive huts
Declension[edit]
Declension of cathrach
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cathrach f sg
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cathrach | chathrach | gcathrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
Further reading[edit]
- 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
cathrach f
- inflection of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent ; fortified city, city”):
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
Noun[edit]
cathrach f sg
Noun[edit]
cathrach f sg
Noun[edit]
cathrach f sg
- genitive singular of cathair (“gig; bed; stock, colewort, cabbage; plot (of land); guard, sentinel, warder”)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cathrach | chathrach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |