caithid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *katyeti. Matasović assumes, based on the Gaulish source of Latin catēia (“projectile”), that the meaning “throw” was primary, even though that meaning is not attested until Middle Irish.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.θʲəðʲ/, [ˈkaθʲiðʲ]

Verb

caithid (prototonic ·caithi, verbal noun caithem)

  1. to consume, use up, eat up

Inflection

Simple, class A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs.
conj. ·caithi ·caodet; ro·caithet (ro-form)
rel.
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj. ·caith
rel.
perfect deut.
prot.
future abs.
conj. ·caithiub ·rocaithfet (ro-form)
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs.
conj. ·caithea
rel.
past subjunctive ·caite
imperative
verbal noun caithem
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: caithid (“use, consume; throw”)

Mutation

Mutation of caithid
radical lenition nasalization
caithid chaithid caithid
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kat-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 195-196

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