caitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caithem. By surface analysis, caith + -amh

Pronunciation

Noun

caitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive caithimh, genitive as verbal noun caite)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. consumption
  3. spending
  4. wear, wearing
  5. passing
  6. throw, cast, pitch
  7. shooting, firing (a weapon)
  8. fire (in-flight bullets)
  9. compulsion

Declension

(as substantive):

(as verbal noun):

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caitheamh chaitheamh gcaitheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 65

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caithem. By surface analysis, caith + -amh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛhəv/

Noun

caitheamh f (genitive singular caitheimh, plural caitheamhan)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. consumption
  3. (with article, a' chaitheamh) asthma, tuberculosis[1]

Derived terms

  • ana-caitheamh (extravagance, prodigality, waste; profusion; riot)
  • caitheamh a' ghrùthain
  • caitheamh-aimsire (pastime, sport, diversion; waste of time.)
  • caitheamh-beatha (moral conduct, behaviour, conversation, mode of living)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
caitheamhchaitheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “caitheamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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