casacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • casachd (obsolete)

Etymology

Back-formation from casachtach, cosachtach,[1] a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Welsh pesychu (“to cough”).

Pronunciation

Noun

casacht f (genitive singular casachta)

  1. cough
    Tá casacht orm.
    I have a cough

Declension

Declension of casacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative casacht
vocative a chasacht
genitive casachta
dative casacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chasacht
genitive na casachta
dative leis an gcasacht
don chasacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of casacht
radical lenition eclipsis
casacht chasacht gcasacht

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), “cosachtach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 147
  3. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 37
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 520, page 276

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