cathaiseach

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish cathaisech (“vigilant; noisy”). By surface analysis, cathais (“vigil, watch”) +‎ -ach. Compare Cathasach (name). ==== Adjective ==== cathaiseach (genitive singular masculine cathaisigh, genitive singular feminine cathaisí, plural cathaiseacha, comparative cathaisí) (literary) vigilant, watchful Synonyms: airdeallach, aireach === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== cathaiseach (genitive singular masculine cathaisigh, genitive singular feminine cathaisí, plural cathaiseacha, comparative cathaisí) alternative form of caithiseach (“affectionate; attractive; delightful, delicious”) === Declension === === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cathaiseach”, 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), “cathaisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language