cataitéar

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, surgical instrument for emptying the bladder), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, to descend, let down) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).

Noun

cataitéar m (genitive singular cataitéir, nominative plural cataitéir)

  1. (medicine) catheter

Declension

Declension of cataitéar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cataitéar cataitéir
vocative a chataitéir a chataitéara
genitive cataitéir cataitéar
dative cataitéar cataitéir
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cataitéar na cataitéir
genitive an chataitéir na gcataitéar
dative leis an gcataitéar
don chataitéar
leis na cataitéir

Mutation

Mutated forms of cataitéar
radical lenition eclipsis
cataitéar chataitéar gcataitéar

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