caithear

Irish

Noun

caithear f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)

1. Alternative form of caithir (“down, pubic hair”)

Declension

Declension of caithear (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative caithear vocative a chaithear genitive caithre dative caithear forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chaithear genitive na caithre dative leis an gcaithear don chaithear

• Alternative genitive singular: caithreach

Mutation

Mutated forms of caithear

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caithear	chaithear	gcaithear

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caithir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN