cath

Noun

cath (plural caths)

1. Abbreviation of cathode.
2. Abbreviation of catheter.

Verb

cath (third-person singular simple present caths, present participle cathing, simple past and past participle cathed)

1. (transitive) To fit (somebody) with a catheter.
   • 2004, Adrian Sandler, Living with Spina Bifida (page 160)

     At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast.

   • 2010, Judith Rogers, The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth

     Unlike Sharon, Sherry Adele was able to return to self-cathing after delivery.

Anagrams

• ACTH, chat, tach

Alternative forms

• kath

Noun

cath f (plural cathas or cathes)

1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) cat

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna or catha)

1. battle

   Proverb:

   Ní hé lá an chatha lá an chnuasaithe. ― A stitch in time saves nine. ("The day of battle is not the day for gathering food".)

   1. (literature) battle tale
2. conflict, trial
3. battalion

Mutation

Further reading

• "cath" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaθ/

Noun

cath m (genitive catho or catha)

1. battle, fight
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34^a20

     in chatho glosses proelii

   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112^a5

     amal dunem-side nech iarna chúl hi cath

     behind him in battle

   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 44^a1

     fon chath glosses sub Marte

2. troop, battalion

Mutation

Further reading

• “cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, plural cathan)

1. battle

   Synonym: blàr

Mutation

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
• “cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːθ/

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Noun

cath m, f (plural cathod or cathau)

1. cat; wildcat
2. cat, tipcat; cat-o'-nine-tails

Mutation

Further reading

• “cath”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014