ceathach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cith (shower) (with genitive ceatha) + -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceathach (genitive singular masculine ceathaigh, genitive singular feminine ceathaí, plural ceathacha, comparative ceathaí)

  1. showery

Declension

Declension of ceathach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ceathach cheathach ceathacha;
cheathacha2
vocative cheathaigh ceathacha
genitive ceathaí ceathacha ceathach
dative ceathach;
cheathach1
cheathach;
cheathaigh (archaic)
ceathacha;
cheathacha2
Comparative níos ceathaí
Superlative is ceathaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceathach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceathach cheathach gceathach

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

References

  1. ^ ceathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133

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