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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative caithir
Vocative a chaithir
Genitive caithre
Dative caithir

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an chaithir
Genitive na caithre
Dative leis an gcaithir

don chaithir

Etymology 2

Verb

caithir

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

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

Further reading
  • "caithir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “caithir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “caithir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “caithir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Noun 1

caithir f

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

Descendants

Noun 2

caithir f

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

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
caithir chaithir caithir
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “caithir” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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