caithir

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish caithir.

Alternative forms

Noun

caithir f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)

  1. down, pubic hair
Declension
Declension of caithir (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative caithir
vocative a chaithir
genitive caithre
dative caithir
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chaithir
genitive na caithre
dative leis an gcaithir
don chaithir

Etymology 2

Verb

caithir

  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present of caith

Mutation

Mutated forms of caithir
radical lenition eclipsis
caithir chaithir gcaithir

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Noun

caithir f

  1. hair (except that of the head), body-hair

Descendants

  • Irish: caithir

Noun

caithir f

  1. alternative form of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent; (fortified) city”)

Mutation

Mutation of caithir
radical lenition nasalization
caithir chaithir caithir
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

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