cathais

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish cathais (“martial vigilance, watch”), from Old Irish cath (“battle, fight”) + fess (“spending the night”). ==== Noun ==== cathais f (genitive singular cathaise, nominative plural cathaisí) (literary) vigil, watch ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cathais f (genitive singular cathaise) alternative form of caithis (“fondness, affection; charm, attraction”) ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cathais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language