Cathal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Cathal.

Proper noun

Cathal

  1. A male given name from Irish.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cathal, from Proto-Celtic *Katuwalos (“strong in battle”), cognate with Gaulish Katouualos, Old Welsh Catgual, Welsh Cadwal.[1] Related to Irish cath (“battle”), Proto-Celtic *walos (“prince, chief”), and the -all name suffix in Domhnall and Dónall (“Donald”), and Conall (“Connel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkahəlˠ/

Proper noun

Cathal m (genitive Chathail)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Charles

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cathal
radical lenition eclipsis
Cathal Chathal gCathal

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
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