cathú

See also: cathu

Irish

cathú m (genitive singular cathaithe, nominative plural cathuithe)

verbal noun of cathaigh
(often in the plural) temptation
cuir cathú ar ― to tempt (literally, “to put temptation on”)
regret, sorrow

Declension of cathú (irregular)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an cathú	na cathuithe
genitive	an chathaithe	na gcathuithe
dative	leis an gcathú don chathú	leis na cathuithe

An archaic dative plural cathaíbh (also spelled cathuighibh) is found in older translations of the Lord’s Prayer:

ná léig sinn i gcathaíbh ― lead us not into temptation (literally, “temptations”).

Mutated forms of *cathú*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cathú	chathú	gcathú

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

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