caithréim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cathréim (“military career”), from Old Irish cath (“battle”) + réimm (“course, career”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

caithréim f (genitive singular caithréime, nominative plural caithréimeanna)

  1. triumph (conclusive success, victory)

Declension

Declension of caithréim (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caithréim caithréimeanna
vocative a chaithréim a chaithréimeanna
genitive caithréime caithréimeanna
dative caithréim caithréimeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chaithréim na caithréimeanna
genitive na caithréime na gcaithréimeanna
dative leis an gcaithréim
don chaithréim 		leis na caithréimeanna

Derived terms

  • caithréimeach

Mutation

Mutated forms of caithréim
radical lenition eclipsis
caithréim chaithréim gcaithréim

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

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