caithréim

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish cathréim (military career), from Old Irish cath (battle) + réimm (course, career).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

caithréim f (genitive singular caithréime, nominative plural caithréimeanna)

  1. triumph (conclusive success, victory)

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caithréim chaithréim gcaithréim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caithréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

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