casacht

Irish

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *kʷast-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Welsh pesychu (“to cough”).

Noun

casacht f (genitive singular casachta)

1. cough

   Tá casacht orm.

   I have a cough

Declension

Declension of casacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative casacht Vocative a chasacht Genitive casachta Dative casacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chasacht Genitive na casachta Dative leis an gcasacht don chasacht

Derived terms

• bí ag casacht
• casacht a bhogadh
• casacht bhog
• casacht chrua thirim
• casacht ghoile
• casacht thollta
• casachtach
• déan casacht
• gliúrach chasachta
• losainn chasachta

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casacht	chasacht	gcasacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “casacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “casacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024