From Old Irish cathach (“relic, reliquary”).
cathach m or f (genitive singular cathaigh or cathaí)
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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From Old Irish cathach (“bellicose, warlike; vehement, forceful”). By surface analysis, cath (“battle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cathach | chathach | cathacha; chathacha² | |
Vocative | chathaigh | cathacha | ||
Genitive | cathaí | cathacha | cathach | |
Dative | cathach; chathach¹ |
chathach; chathaigh (archaic) |
cathacha; chathacha² | |
Comparative | níos cathaí | |||
Superlative | is cathaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cathach | chathach | cathacha; chathacha² | |
Vocative | chathaigh | cathacha | ||
Genitive | cathaí | cathacha | cathach | |
Dative | cathach; chathach¹ |
chathach; chathaigh (archaic) |
cathacha; chathacha² | |
Comparative | níos cathaí | |||
Superlative | is cathaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cathach | chathach | gcathach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
cathach
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cathach | cathach | cathach |
Vocative | cathaig* cathach** | ||
Accusative | cathach | cathaig | |
Genitive | cathaig | cathaige | cathaig |
Dative | cathuch | cathaig | cathuch |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | cathaig | cathacha | |
Vocative | cathachu cathacha† | ||
Accusative | cathachu cathacha† | ||
Genitive | cathach | ||
Dative | cathachaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
cathach f (genitive cathaige, nominative plural cathacha)
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cathachL | cathaigL | cathachaH |
Vocative | cathachL | cathaigL | cathachaH |
Accusative | cathaigN | cathaigL | cathachaH |
Genitive | cathaigeH | cathachL | cathachN |
Dative | cathaigL | cathachaib | cathachaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cathach | chathach | cathach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |