cathaír

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See also: cathair

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

cathaír f (genitive cathaíre, nominative plural cathaíri)

chair

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cathaír^L	cathaír^L	cathaíri^H
vocative	cathaír^L	cathaír^L	cathaíri^H
accusative	cathaíri^N	cathaír^L	cathaíri^H
genitive	cathaíre^H	cathaíre^L	cathaíre^N
dative	cathaíri^L	cathaírib	cathaírib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: cathaír
- Irish: cathaoir
- Manx: caair
- Scottish Gaelic: cathair

Mutation

Mutation of *cathaír*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cathaír	chathaír	cathaír pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathaír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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