cuthach

See also: cự thạch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuthach.

Noun

cuthach m (genitive singular cuthaigh)
cuthach f (genitive singular cuthaí)

1. rage, fury

Declension

Declension of cuthach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cuthach Vocative a chuthaigh Genitive cuthaigh Dative cuthach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cuthach Genitive an chuthaigh Dative leis an gcuthach don chuthach

Alternative declension

Declension of cuthach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cuthach Vocative a chuthach Genitive cuthaí Dative cuthach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chuthach Genitive na cuthaí Dative leis an gcuthach don chuthach

Derived terms

• cuthach feirge (“apoplectic fit, rage, rampage, frenzy”)
• fear cuthaigh (“angry man, madman”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuthach	chuthach	gcuthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuthach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024