caith

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish caithid, from Proto-Celtic *katyeti; compare Latin catēia (projectile), which is from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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caith (present analytic caitheann, future analytic caithfidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caite)

  1. to wear
  2. to consume
    1. to smoke (tobacco)
    2. to take (medicine)
  3. to spend
  4. to throw
  5. (modal) must, have to (in future and conditional)
    Caithfidh mé imeacht.I have to go.
    Chaith sí dhá stoca éagsúil. Ar ndóigh, chaithfeadh sí a bheith difriúil.
    She wore non-matching socks. Of course she had to be different.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of caith
radical lenition eclipsis
caith chaith gcaith

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish caithid, from Proto-Celtic *katyeti; compare Latin catēia (projectile), which is from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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caith (past chaith, future caithidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caithte)

  1. spend, pass (time)
  2. waste, squander
  3. wear (clothes)

Derived terms

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