cath

See also: Cath

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Noun

cath (plural caths)

1. Clipping of cathode.
2. (medicine) Clipping of catheter.
3. (drug slang) Clipping of cathinone.
4. Clipping of Catholic.

Derived terms

• angiocath
• vas cath

 

Verb

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

1. (medicine, transitive) To catheterize; to fit (someone) 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

• ACTH, CHAT, chat, tach

Cornish

Alternative forms

• kath

Noun

cath f (plural cathas or cathes)

1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) cat

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑh/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna or catha)

1. battle

   Ní hé lá an chatha lá an chnuasaithe. (proverb)

   A stitch in time saves nine.

   (literally, “The day of battle is not the day for gathering food.”)

   1. (literature) battle tale
2. conflict, trial
3. battalion

Declension

Declension of cath

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cath cathanna Vocative a chath a chathanna Genitive catha cathanna Dative cath cathanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cath na cathanna Genitive an chatha na gcathanna Dative leis an gcath don chath leis na cathanna

Derived terms

• blár catha
• bris an cath (“to break the ice”)
• bris cath ar arm (“to defeat an army in battle”)
• cath cúlchosanta (“rearguard battle”)
• cath farraige (“sea-battle”)
• cath fíochmhar (“fierce battle”)
• cath fuilteach (“bloody battle”)
• cath rua (“fierce, bloody, battle”)
• cathach (“battling, warlike”)
• cathaí (“battler, fighter”)
• cathaigh (“battle, fight; tempt”)
• céalmhaine chatha (“battle omen”)
• cliath catha (“rank of battle”)
• cliathán catha (“flank of battle”)
• coigeadal catha (“noise of battle”)
• coimhlint chatha (“battle rivalry”)
• cóiriú catha (“battle array; (story-telling) run”)
• comhla chatha (“mainstay in battle”)
• córacha catha (“‘runs’, flourishes, in story-telling”)
• cuinge catha (“champion in battle”)
• cuir cath ar choinlíní (“to tilt at windmills”)
• culaith chatha (“battle equipment”)
• cúrsóir catha (“battle-cruiser”)
• díomua catha
• éide chatha (“battle armour”)
• fód catha
• gáir chatha
• in ord catha (“in battle order”)
• ionad catha (“scene of battle”)
• leon catha (“warrior”)
• líne chatha (“line of battle”)
• líon catha (“battle strength”)
• liú catha (“battle-cry”)
• log catha (“site of battle”)
• machaire catha (“field of battle”)
• maidhm chatha (“defeat in battle, rout”)
• mana catha (“omen of battle”)
• meanma chatha (“presentiment of battle”)
• oiris chatha (“rendezvous of battle”)
• ré chatha (“battle-ground”)
• rosc catha (“battle-chant; war-cry”)
• sceimheal catha (“rampart of battle”)
• scís chatha (“battle-weariness”)
• taoiseach catha (“leader in battle”)
• tua chatha (“battle-axe”)
• tuairgní catha (“battle-smiter, warrior; leader in battle.”)
• ursain chatha (“prop of battle”)

 

Related terms

• cafarr

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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 (genitive catho or catha)

1. battle, fight
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 34^a20

     in chatho [translating proelii]

     of the battle

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, 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. 112^a5

     amal du·n‑em-side nech íarna chúl hi cath

     as he protects someone 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. 44^a1

     fon chath [translating sub Marte]

     under the battle

2. troop, battalion

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cath	cathL	cathaeH
Vocative	cath	cathL	cathu
Accusative	cathN	cathL	cathu
Genitive	cathoH, cathaH	cathoL, cathaL	cathaeN
Dative	cathL	cathaib	cathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cathach (“bellicose, warlike”)
• cathaige (“warrior”)
• cathaigid (“fight, give battle”)
• cathbarr
• cathḟeis

 

Descendants

• Irish: cath
• Manx: cah
• Scottish Gaelic: cath
• ⇒ Middle Irish: cathaigecht (“warfare”)

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

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, plural cathan)

1. battle

   Synonym: blàr

Derived terms

• pic-catha

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

cath

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːθ/

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• Rhymes: -aːθ

Noun

cath f (plural cathod or cathau)

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

Derived terms

• cathbysgod (“catfish”)
• cathan, cath fach (“kitten”)
• cath wryw (“tom cat”)
• mintys y gath (“catmint, catnip”)
• morgath, cath fôr (“skate, ray”)

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.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cath”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies