caith

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caithid, from Proto-Celtic *katyeti; compare Latin catēia (projectile), which is from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

Verb

caith (present analytic caitheann, future analytic caithfidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caite)

  1. to wear
  2. to consume
    1. to smoke (tobacco)
    2. to take (medicine)
  3. to spend
  4. to throw
  5. (modal) must, have to (in future and conditional)
    Caithfidh mé imeacht.I have to go.
    Chaith sí dhá stoca éagsúil. Ar ndóigh, chaithfeadh sí a bheith difriúil.
    She wore non-matching socks. Of course she had to be different.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caith
radical lenition eclipsis
caith chaith gcaith

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 150
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caithid, from Proto-Celtic *katyeti; compare Latin catēia (projectile), which is from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

Verb

caith (past chaith, future caithidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caithte)

  1. spend, pass (time)
  2. waste, squander
  3. wear (clothes)

Derived terms