caithear

Irish

Noun

caithear f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)

1. Alternative form of caithir (“down, pubic hair”)

Declension

Declension of caithear

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative caithear Vocative a chaithear Genitive caithre Dative caithear

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chaithear Genitive na caithre Dative leis an gcaithear don chaithear

• Alternative genitive singular: caithreach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caithear	chaithear	gcaithear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caithir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN