caithid

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *katyeti. Matasović assumes, based on the Gaulish source of Latin catēia (“projectile”), that the meaning “throw” was primary, even though that meaning is not attested until Middle Irish.

Pronunciation

Verb

caithid (prototonic ·caithi, verbal noun caithem)

  1. to consume, use up, eat up

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·caithi ·caodet; ro·caithet (ro-form)
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj. ·caith
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj. ·caithiub ·rocaithfet (ro-form)
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·caithea
rel.
past subjunctive ·caite
imperative
verbal noun caithem
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: caithid (“use, consume; throw”)

Mutation

Mutation of caithid
radical lenition nasalization
caithid chaithid caithid
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kat-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 195-196

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