cathrach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑhəɾˠəx/

Etymology 1

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Noun

cathrach m (genitive singular cathraigh)

1. (collective) cluster of beehive huts

Declension

Declension of cathrach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cathrach Vocative a chathraigh Genitive cathraigh Dative cathrach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cathrach Genitive an chathraigh Dative leis an gcathrach don chathrach

Etymology 2

Noun

cathrach f sg

1. genitive singular of cathair (“city”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cathrach	chathrach	gcathrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cathrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cathrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cathrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Old Irish

Noun

cathrach f

1. inflection of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent ; fortified city, city”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. genitive dual
   3. genitive plural

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cathrach f sg

1. genitive singular of cathair (“chair, seat, bench, throne”)

Noun

cathrach f sg

1. genitive singular of cathair (“town, city”)

Noun

cathrach f sg

1. genitive singular of cathair (“gig; bed; stock, colewort, cabbage; plot (of land); guard, sentinel, warder”)

Mutation

Mutation of cathrach

radical	lenition
cathrach	chathrach

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