ceathach

Irish

Alternative forms

caothach, ceathaideach, ceathannach^[1]

Etymology

From cith (“shower”) (with genitive ceatha) + -ach.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcahəx/^[2]

Adjective

ceathach (genitive singular masculine ceathaigh, genitive singular feminine ceathaí, plural ceathacha, comparative ceathaí)

showery

Declension

Declension of *ceathach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ceathach	cheathach	ceathacha; cheathacha²
vocative	cheathaigh	cheathach	ceathacha
genitive	cheathaigh	ceathaí	ceathacha	ceathach
dative	ceathach; cheathach¹	cheathach; cheathaigh (archaic)	ceathacha; cheathacha²
Comparative	níos ceathaí
Superlative	is ceathaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ceathach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceathach	cheathach	gceathach

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

References

^ “ceathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133