cuthach

See also: cự thạch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuthach.

Noun

cuthach m (genitive singular cuthaigh)
cuthach f (genitive singular cuthaí)

1. rage, fury

Declension

Declension of cuthach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cuthach vocative a chuthaigh genitive cuthaigh dative cuthach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cuthach genitive an chuthaigh dative leis an gcuthach don chuthach

Alternative declension

Declension of cuthach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cuthach vocative a chuthach genitive cuthaí dative cuthach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chuthach genitive na cuthaí dative leis an gcuthach don chuthach

Derived terms

• cuthach feirge (“apoplectic fit, rage, rampage, frenzy”)
• fear cuthaigh (“angry man, madman”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuthach	chuthach	gcuthach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuthach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024