cith

See also: ciþ

Irish

Alternative forms

• cioth

Etymology

From Middle Irish cith.

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /cɨ̞h/
• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /cʊx/ (as if spelled ciuch)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /cɪ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /cɪç/

Noun

cith m (genitive singular ceatha, nominative plural ceathanna)

1. shower (brief fall of rain)
2. shower (device for bathing; instance of using this device)

Declension

Declension of cith (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cith ceathanna vocative a chith a cheathanna genitive ceatha ceathanna dative cith ceathanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cith na ceathanna genitive an cheatha na gceathanna dative leis an gcith don chith leis na ceathanna

Derived terms

• barrchith
• ceathach
• cithfholcadán
• cithfholcadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cith

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cith	chith	gcith

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cíoṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 141
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77