cait

See also: cáit, Cáit, and Cait

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /katʲ/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /kɪtʲ/ (as if spelled cuit)

Noun

cait m

  1. inflection of cat (“cat”):
    1. vocative and genitive singular
    2. nominative and dative plural

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cait chait gcait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "cait" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “cait” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cait” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰɛʰtʲ/

Noun

cait m

  1. inflection of cat (“cat”):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
caitchait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • (imperfect/conditional): caet
  • (imperfect subjunctive): caffit

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kai̯t/

Verb

cait

  1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional of cael

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cait gait nghait chait
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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