cith

See also: ciþ

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cith.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cith m (genitive singular ceatha, nominative plural ceathanna)

  1. shower (brief fall of rain)
  2. shower (device for bathing; instance of using this device)

Declension

Declension of cith (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cith ceathanna
vocative a chith a cheathanna
genitive ceatha ceathanna
dative cith ceathanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cith na ceathanna
genitive an cheatha na gceathanna
dative leis an gcith
don chith
leis na ceathanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cith
radical lenition eclipsis
cith chith gcith

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

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