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

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

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caithir	chaithir	gcaithir
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
• 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, 2013-2024

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

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

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