cath

See also: Cath

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Noun

cath (plural caths)

  1. Clipping of cathode.
  2. (medicine) Clipping of catheter.
  3. (drug slang) Clipping of cathinone.
  4. Clipping of Catholic.

Derived terms

Verb

cath (third-person singular simple present caths, present participle cathing, simple past and past participle cathed)

  1. (medicine, transitive) To catheterize; to fit (someone) with a catheter.
    • 2004, Adrian Sandler, Living with Spina Bifida, page 160:
      At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast.
    • 2010, Judith Rogers, The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth:
      Unlike Sharon, Sherry Adele was able to return to self-cathing after delivery.

Anagrams

Cornish

Alternative forms

Noun

cath f (plural cathas or cathes)

  1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) cat

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cath,[1] from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna or catha)

  1. battle
    Ní hé lá an chatha lá an chnuasaithe. (proverb)
    A stitch in time saves nine.
    (literally, “The day of battle is not the day for gathering food.”)
    1. (literature) battle tale
  2. conflict, trial
  3. battalion

Declension
Declension of cath

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cath cathanna
Vocative a chath a chathanna
Genitive catha cathanna
Dative cath cathanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cath na cathanna
Genitive an chatha na gcathanna
Dative leis an gcath

don chath

 leis na cathanna

Derived terms
  • blár catha
  • bris an cath (“to break the ice”)
  • bris cath ar arm (“to defeat an army in battle”)
  • cath cúlchosanta (“rearguard battle”)
  • cath farraige (“sea-battle”)
  • cath fíochmhar (“fierce battle”)
  • cath fuilteach (“bloody battle”)
  • cath rua (“fierce, bloody, battle”)
  • cathach (“battling, warlike”)
  • cathaí (“battler, fighter”)
  • cathaigh (“battle, fight; tempt”)
  • céalmhaine chatha (“battle omen”)
  • cliath catha (“rank of battle”)
  • cliathán catha (“flank of battle”)
  • coigeadal catha (“noise of battle”)
  • coimhlint chatha (“battle rivalry”)
  • cóiriú catha (“battle array; (story-telling) run”)
  • comhla chatha (“mainstay in battle”)
  • córacha catha (“‘runs’, flourishes, in story-telling”)
  • cuinge catha (“champion in battle”)
  • cuir cath ar choinlíní (“to tilt at windmills”)
  • culaith chatha (“battle equipment”)
  • cúrsóir catha (“battle-cruiser”)
  • díomua catha
  • éide chatha (“battle armour”)
  • fód catha
  • gáir chatha
  • in ord catha (“in battle order”)
  • ionad catha (“scene of battle”)
  • leon catha (“warrior”)
  • líne chatha (“line of battle”)
  • líon catha (“battle strength”)
  • liú catha (“battle-cry”)
  • log catha (“site of battle”)
  • machaire catha (“field of battle”)
  • maidhm chatha (“defeat in battle, rout”)
  • mana catha (“omen of battle”)
  • meanma chatha (“presentiment of battle”)
  • oiris chatha (“rendezvous of battle”)
  • ré chatha (“battle-ground”)
  • rosc catha (“battle-chant; war-cry”)
  • sceimheal catha (“rampart of battle”)
  • scís chatha (“battle-weariness”)
  • taoiseach catha (“leader in battle”)
  • tua chatha (“battle-axe”)
  • tuairgní catha (“battle-smiter, warrior; leader in battle.”)
  • ursain chatha (“prop of battle”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cath chath gcath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 188, page 93

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaθ/

Noun

cath m (genitive catho or catha)

  1. battle, fight
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34a20
      in chatho [translating proelii]
      of the battle
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112a5
      amal du·n‑em-side nech íarna chúl hi cath
      as he protects someone behind him in battle
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 44a1
      fon chath [translating sub Marte]
      under the battle
  2. troop, battalion

Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cath cathL cathaeH
Vocative cath cathL cathu
Accusative cathN cathL cathu
Genitive cathoH, cathaH cathoL, cathaL cathaeN
Dative cathL cathaib cathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • cathach (“bellicose, warlike”)
  • cathaige (“warrior”)
  • cathaigid (“fight, give battle”)
  • cathbarr
  • cathḟeis

Descendants
  • Irish: cath
  • Manx: cah
  • Scottish Gaelic: cath
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: cathaigecht (“warfare”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cath chath cath
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, plural cathan)

  1. battle
    Synonym: blàr

Derived terms

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cath”, 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), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh
cath

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaːθ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːθ

Noun

cath f (plural cathod or cathau)

  1. cat; wildcat
  2. cat, tipcat; cat-o'-nine-tails

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cath gath nghath chath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cath”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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