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From Old Irish cathaigid.[1]. By surface analysis, cath (“battle”) + -aigh.
cathaigh (present analytic cathaíonn, future analytic cathóidh, verbal noun cathú, past participle cathaithe) (literary)
- to fight, battle [with le ‘with’]
- to tempt
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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cathaím
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cathaíonn tú; cathaír†
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cathaíonn sé, sí
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cathaímid; cathaíonn muid
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cathaíonn sibh
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cathaíonn siad; cathaíd†
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a chathaíonn; a chathaíos / a gcathaíonn*
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cathaítear
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past
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chathaigh mé; chathaíos
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chathaigh tú; chathaís
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chathaigh sé, sí
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chathaíomar; chathaigh muid
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chathaigh sibh; chathaíobhair
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chathaigh siad; chathaíodar
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a chathaigh / ar chathaigh*
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cathaíodh
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past habitual
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chathaínn / gcathaínn‡‡
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chathaíteá / gcathaíteᇇ
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chathaíodh sé, sí / gcathaíodh sé, s퇇
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chathaímis; chathaíodh muid / gcathaímis‡‡; gcathaíodh muid‡‡
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chathaíodh sibh / gcathaíodh sibh‡‡
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chathaídís; chathaíodh siad / gcathaídís‡‡; gcathaíodh siad‡‡
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a chathaíodh / a gcathaíodh*
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chathaítí / gcathaít퇇
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future
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cathóidh mé; cathód; cathóchaidh mé†
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cathóidh tú; cathóir†; cathóchaidh tú†
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cathóidh sé, sí; cathóchaidh sé, sí†
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cathóimid; cathóidh muid; cathóchaimid†; cathóchaidh muid†
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cathóidh sibh; cathóchaidh sibh†
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cathóidh siad; cathóid†; cathóchaidh siad†
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a chathóidh; a chathós; a chathóchaidh†; a chathóchas† / a gcathóidh*; a gcathóchaidh*†
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cathófar; cathóchar†
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conditional
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chathóinn; chathóchainn† / gcathóinn‡‡; gcathóchainn†‡‡
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chathófá; chathóchthᆠ/ gcathófᇇ; gcathóchthᆇ‡
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chathódh sé, sí; chathóchadh sé, sí† / gcathódh sé, s퇇; gcathóchadh sé, s톇‡
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chathóimis; chathódh muid; chathóchaimis†; chathóchadh muid† / gcathóimis‡‡; gcathódh muid‡‡; gcathóchaimis†‡‡; gcathóchadh muid†‡‡
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chathódh sibh; chathóchadh sibh† / gcathódh sibh‡‡; gcathóchadh sibh†‡‡
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chathóidís; chathódh siad; chathóchadh siad† / gcathóidís‡‡; gcathódh siad‡‡; gcathóchadh siad†‡‡
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a chathódh; a chathóchadh† / a gcathódh*; a gcathóchadh*†
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chathófaí; chathóchthaí† / gcathófa퇇; gcathóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcathaí mé; go gcathaíod†
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go gcathaí tú; go gcathaír†
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go gcathaí sé, sí
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go gcathaímid; go gcathaí muid
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go gcathaí sibh
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go gcathaí siad; go gcathaíd†
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—
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go gcathaítear
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past
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dá gcathaínn
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dá gcathaíteá
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dá gcathaíodh sé, sí
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dá gcathaímis; dá gcathaíodh muid
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dá gcathaíodh sibh
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dá gcathaídís; dá gcathaíodh siad
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—
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dá gcathaítí
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imperative
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cathaím
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cathaigh
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cathaíodh sé, sí
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cathaímis
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cathaígí; cathaídh†
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cathaídís
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—
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cathaítear
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verbal noun
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cathú
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past participle
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cathaithe
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
While the verbal noun cathú is still the ordinary word for “temptation”, the finite verb cathaigh is now rarely used in the colloquial language.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
cathaigh
- vocative/genitive singular of cathach m
- (archaic or dialectal) dative singular of cathach f
cathaigh
- inflection of cathach:
- masculine vocative/genitive singular
- (archaic or dialectal) feminine dative singular
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.