caithir

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish caithir.

Alternative forms

• caithear, cathair

Noun

caithir f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)

1. down, pubic hair

Declension

Declension of caithir (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative caithir vocative a chaithir genitive caithre dative caithir forms with the definite article singular nominative an chaithir genitive na caithre dative leis an gcaithir don chaithir

• Alternative genitive singular: caithreach

Etymology 2

Verb

caithir

1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present of caith

Mutation

Mutated forms of caithir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caithir	chaithir	gcaithir

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caithir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “caithir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caithir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Old Irish

Noun

caithir f

1. hair (except that of the head), body-hair

Descendants

• Irish: caithir

Noun

caithir f

1. alternative form of cathair (“stone enclosure, fortress, castle; dwelling; monastic settlement, enclosure; monastery, convent; (fortified) city”)

Mutation

Mutation of caithir

radical	lenition	nasalization
caithir	chaithir	caithir pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language