cathach

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cathach (relic, reliquary).

Noun

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cathach m or f (genitive singular cathaigh or cathaí)

  1. battle reliquary
Declension
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Alternative declension

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish cathach (bellicose, warlike; vehement, forceful). By surface analysis, cath (battle) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)

  1. battling, warlike
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Alternative forms
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Etymology 3

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Adjective

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cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)

  1. Alternative form of cathaitheach (tempting; regretful, sorrowful)
Declension
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From cath (battle) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cathach

  1. bellicose, warlike
  2. vehement, forceful

Inflection

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o/ā-stem
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
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: cathach

Noun

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cathach f (genitive cathaige, nominative plural cathacha)

  1. relic, reliquary (from the use of relics in battle to ensure victory)

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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

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