casacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• casachd (obsolete)

Etymology

Back-formation from casachtach, cosachtach, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Welsh pesychu (“to cough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsˠəxt̪ˠ/, /ˈkasˠəxt̪ˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈkaːsˠəxt̪ˠ]

Noun

casacht f (genitive singular casachta)

1. cough

   Tá casacht orm.

   I have a cough

Declension

Declension of casacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative casacht vocative a chasacht genitive casachta dative casacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chasacht genitive na casachta dative leis an gcasacht don chasacht

Derived terms

• bí ag casacht (“to cough”)
• casacht a bhogadh (“to loosen a cough”)
• casacht bhog (“loose cough”)
• casacht chrua thirim (“hacking cough”)
• casacht ghoile (“stomach-cough”)
• casacht thollta (“churchyard cough”)
• casachtach (“(act of) coughing; cough”)
• déan casacht
• gliúrach chasachta (“bad cough”)
• losainn chasachta (“cough-drop”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of casacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
casacht	chasacht	gcasacht

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) “casacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “casacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025