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cathaigh

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cathaigid.[1]. By surface analysis, cath (battle) +‎ -aigh.

Verb

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cathaigh (present analytic cathaíonn, future analytic cathóidh, verbal noun cathú, past participle cathaithe) (literary)

  1. to fight, battle [with le ‘with’]
  2. to tempt
Conjugation
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Usage notes
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While the verbal noun cathú is still the ordinary word for temptation, the finite verb cathaigh is now rarely used in the colloquial language.

Synonyms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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cathaigh

  1. vocative/genitive singular of cathach m
  2. (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of cathach f

Adjective

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cathaigh

  1. inflection of cathach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic or dialectal) feminine dative singular

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cathaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
cathaigh chathaigh gcathaigh

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language