caitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caithem.

Pronunciation

Noun

caitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive caithimh, genitive as verbal noun caite)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. wear
  3. consumption
  4. spending, waste
  5. passing, course
  6. throw, cast
  7. shooting, firing
  8. compulsion
  9. hankering, sorrow
  10. blame, censure

Declension

(as substantive):

Declension of caitheamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative caitheamh
Vocative a chaithimh
Genitive caithimh
Dative caitheamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an caitheamh
Genitive an chaithimh
Dative leis an gcaitheamh

don chaitheamh

(as verbal noun):

Declension of caitheamh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative caitheamh
Vocative a chaitheamh
Genitive caite
Dative caitheamh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an caitheamh
Genitive an chaite
Dative leis an gcaitheamh

don chaitheamh

Derived terms
  • anchaitheamh (“extravagance”)
  • caitheamh amach (“projection”) (of wall, cliff, etc.)
  • caitheamh anuas (i simléar) (“downdraft (in a chimney)”)
  • caitheamh in airde (“toss-up; pitch and toss”)
  • caitheamh le fána (“downward slope”)
  • caitheamh tobac (“tobacco-smoking”)

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

caitheamh f (genitive singular caitheimh, plural caitheamhan)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. consumption
  3. (with article, a' chaitheamh) asthma, tuberculosis [1]

Derived terms
  • ana-caitheamh (“extravagance, prodigality, waste; profusion; riot”)
  • caitheamh-aimsire (“pastime, sport, diversion; waste of time.”)
  • caitheamh-beatha (“moral conduct, behaviour, conversation, mode of living”)
  • caitheamh a' ghrùthain

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

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “caithem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

References
  1. BBC Naidheachdan: Faclan Feumail
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