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Cath

Cath

See also: cath

English

Proper noun

Cath

  1. A short form of the female given name Catherine.

See also

Anagrams

cath

cath

See also: Cath

English

Noun

cath (plural caths)

  1. Abbreviation of cathode.
  2. Abbreviation of catheter.

Verb

cath (third-person singular simple present caths, present participle cathing, simple past and past participle cathed)

  1. (transitive) To fit (somebody) with a catheter.
    • 2004, Adrian Sandler, Living with Spina Bifida (page 160)
      At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast.
    • 2010, Judith Rogers, The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth
      Unlike Sharon, Sherry Adele was able to return to self-cathing after delivery.

Anagrams


Cornish

Noun

cath f (plural cathes)

  1. Alternative spelling of kath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (fight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna)

  1. battle
  2. (literature) battle tale

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cath chath gcath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "cath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (fight).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaθ/

Noun

cath m

  1. battle, fight
    • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34a20
      in chatho glosses proelii
    • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112a5
      amal dunem-side nech iarna chúl hi cath
      behind him in battle
    • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 44a1
      fon chath glosses sub Marte
  2. troop, battalion

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cath chath cath
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (fight).

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, plural cathan)

  1. battle

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • 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 0 901771 92 9
  • cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑːθ/

Noun

cath m, f (plural cathod or cathau)

  1. cat; wildcat
  2. cat, tipcat; cat-o'-nine-tails

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cath gath nghath chath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References