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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cith.
Pronunciation
Noun
cith m (genitive singular ceatha, nominative plural ceathanna)
- shower (brief fall of rain)
- shower (device for bathing; instance of using this device)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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cith
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chith
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gcith
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cíoṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 141
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cith”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cith”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 77