caitheamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish caithem.

Pronunciation

Noun

caitheamh m (genitive singular caithimh)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. wear
  3. consumption
  4. spending, waste
  5. passing, course
  6. throw, cast
  7. shooting, firing
  8. compulsion
  9. hankering, sorrow
  10. blame, censure

Declension

(as substantive):

(as verbal noun):

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caitheamh chaitheamh gcaitheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Noun

caitheamh f (genitive singular caitheimh, plural caitheamhan)

  1. verbal noun of caith
  2. consumption
  3. (with article, a' chaitheamh) asthma, tuberculosis [1]

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
caitheamhchaitheamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • caithem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

References

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