cathrach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

cathrach m (genitive singular cathraigh)

  1. (collective) cluster of beehive huts
Declension
Declension of cathrach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cathrach
vocative a chathraigh
genitive cathraigh
dative cathrach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cathrach
genitive an chathraigh
dative leis an gcathrach
don chathrach

Etymology 2

Noun

cathrach f sg

  1. genitive singular of cathair (“city”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cathrach
radical lenition eclipsis
cathrach chathrach gcathrach

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

Further reading

Old Irish

Noun

cathrach f

  1. inflection of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent ; fortified city, city”):
    1. genitive singular
    2. genitive dual
    3. genitive plural

Mutation

Mutation of cathrach
radical lenition nasalization
cathrach chathrach cathrach
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.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cathrach f sg

  1. genitive singular of cathair (“chair, seat, bench, throne”)

Noun

cathrach f sg

  1. genitive singular of cathair (“town, city”)

Noun

cathrach f sg

  1. genitive singular of cathair (“gig; bed; stock, colewort, cabbage; plot (of land); guard, sentinel, warder”)

Mutation

Mutation of cathrach
radical lenition
cathrach chathrach

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

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