caitheamh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caithem. By surface analysis, caith +‎ -amh

Pronunciation

Noun

caitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive caithimh, genitive as verbal noun caite)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. consumption
  3. spending
  4. wear, wearing
  5. passing
  6. throw, cast, pitch
  7. shooting, firing (a weapon)
  8. fire (in-flight bullets)
  9. compulsion

Declension

(as substantive):

Declension of caitheamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative caitheamh
vocative a chaithimh
genitive caithimh
dative caitheamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an caitheamh
genitive an chaithimh
dative leis an gcaitheamh
don chaitheamh

(as verbal noun):

Declension of caitheamh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative caitheamh
vocative a chaitheamh
genitive caite
dative caitheamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an caitheamh
genitive an chaite
dative leis an gcaitheamh
don chaitheamh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caitheamh
radical lenition eclipsis
caitheamh chaitheamh gcaitheamh

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

References

  1. ^ 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 50
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caithem. By surface analysis, caith +‎ -amh

Pronunciation

Noun

caitheamh f (genitive singular caitheimh, plural caitheamhan)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. consumption
  3. (with article, a' chaitheamh) asthma, tuberculosis[5]

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of caitheamh
radical lenition
caitheamh chaitheamh

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  3. ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ BBC Naidheachdan: Faclan Feumail

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “caitheamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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