cáfraith

Irish

Alternative forms

• cáfruith, cáthbhruith (superseded)

Etymology

From cáith (“chaff”) +‎ bruith (“boiling”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːfˠɾˠiː/

Noun

cáfraith f (genitive singular cáfraithe)

1. sowens (food made from oat husks), flummery

Declension

Declension of cáfraith (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cáfraith vocative a cháfraith genitive cáfraithe dative cáfraith forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cháfraith genitive na cáfraithe dative leis an gcáfraith don cháfraith

Mutation

Mutated forms of cáfraith

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cáfraith	cháfraith	gcáfraith

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáthbruith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáṫ-ḃruiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cáfraith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN