cat mara

Irish

Etymology

Literally, "sea cat".

Noun

cat mara m (genitive singular cat mara, nominative plural cait mhara)

1. catfish (fish of the order Siluriformes)
2. wolffish (fish of the family Anarhichadidae)
3. calamity, disaster

Mutation

Mutated forms of cat mara

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cat mara	chat mara	gcat mara

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cat mara”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cat mara”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025