cathach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cathach (relic, reliquary).

Noun

cathach m or f (genitive singular cathaigh or cathaí)

  1. battle reliquary
Declension
Alternative declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cathach (bellicose, warlike; vehement, forceful); synchronically, cath (battle) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)

  1. battling, warlike
Declension
Alternative forms
  • cathaitheach

Adjective

cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)

  1. Alternative form of cathaitheach (tempting; regretful, sorrowful)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cathach chathach gcathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Old Irish

Etymology

From cath (battle) + -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaθax/

Adjective

cathach

  1. bellicose, warlike
  2. vehement, forceful

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cathach cathach cathach
Vocative cathaig*
cathach**
Accusative cathach cathaig
Genitive cathaig cathaige cathaig
Dative cathuch cathaig cathuch
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative cathaig cathacha
Vocative cathachu
cathacha
Accusative cathachu
cathacha
Genitive cathach
Dative cathachaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

cathach f (genitive cathaige, nominative plural cathacha)

  1. relic, reliquary (from the use of relics in battle to ensure victory)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cathachL cathaigL cathacha
Vocative cathachL cathaigL cathacha
Accusative cathaigN cathaigL cathacha
Genitive cathaige cathachL cathachN
Dative cathaigL cathachaib cathachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cathach chathach cathach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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