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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cathḟeis (“martial vigilance, watch”), from cath (“battle, fight”) + feis(s), fess.
Noun
cathais f (genitive singular cathaise, nominative plural cathaisí)
- (literary) vigil, watch
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
cathais f (genitive singular cathaise)
- Alternative form of caithis (“fondness, affection; charm, attraction”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cathais
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chathais
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gcathais
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language