cataitéar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).

Noun

cataitéar m (genitive singular cataitéir, nominative plural cataitéir)

1. (medicine) catheter

Declension

Declension of cataitéar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cataitéar cataitéir vocative a chataitéir a chataitéara genitive cataitéir cataitéar dative cataitéar cataitéir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cataitéar na cataitéir genitive an chataitéir na gcataitéar dative leis an gcataitéar don chataitéar leis na cataitéir

Mutation

Mutated forms of cataitéar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cataitéar	chataitéar	gcataitéar

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