cathais

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cathḟeis (“martial vigilance, watch”), from cath (“battle, fight”) + feis(s), fess.

Noun

cathais f (genitive singular cathaise, nominative plural cathaisí)

1. (literary) vigil, watch

Declension

Declension of cathais (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cathais cathaisí vocative a chathais a chathaisí genitive cathaise cathaisí dative cathais cathaisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chathais na cathaisí genitive na cathaise na gcathaisí dative leis an gcathais don chathais leis na cathaisí

Etymology 2

Noun

cathais f (genitive singular cathaise)

1. Alternative form of caithis (“fondness, affection; charm, attraction”)

Declension

Declension of cathais (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cathais vocative a chathais genitive cathaise dative cathais forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chathais genitive na cathaise dative leis an gcathais don chathais

Mutation

Mutated forms of cathais

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cathais	chathais	gcathais

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language