cathach

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑhəx/, /ˈkahəx/ IPA(key): /kɑːx/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish cathach (“relic, reliquary”). ==== Noun ==== cathach m or f (genitive singular cathaigh or cathaí) battle reliquary ===== Declension ===== Alternative declension === Etymology 2 === From Old Irish cathach (“bellicose”). By surface analysis, cath (“battle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí) battling, warlike ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== cathaitheach === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== cathach (genitive singular masculine cathaigh, genitive singular feminine cathaí, plural cathacha, comparative cathaí) alternative form of cathaitheach (“tempting; regretful, sorrowful”) ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Old Irish == === Etymology === From cath (“battle”) +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈka.θəx/ (Blasse) [ˈka.θax] (Griffith) [ˈka.θəx] === Adjective === cathach bellicose, warlike vehement, forceful ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cathaige (“warlike spirit”) ==== Descendants ==== Irish: cathach === Noun === cathach f (genitive cathaige, nominative plural cathacha) relic, reliquary (from the use of relics in battle to ensure victory) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Irish: cathach === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cathach (‘bellicose’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cathach (‘relic’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language