ceathach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caothach, ceathaideach, ceathannach[1]

Etymology

From cith (“shower”) (with genitive ceatha) + -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ceathach (genitive singular masculine ceathaigh, genitive singular feminine ceathaí, plural ceathacha, comparative ceathaí)

  1. showery

Declension

Declension of ceathach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceathach cheathach ceathacha;
cheathacha2
vocative cheathaigh ceathacha
genitive ceathaí ceathacha ceathach
dative ceathach;
cheathach1 		cheathach;
cheathaigh (archaic) 		ceathacha;
cheathacha2
Comparative níos ceathaí
Superlative is ceathaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceathach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceathach cheathach gceathach

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

References

  1. ^ “ceathach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133

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