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caith

caith

Irish

Verb

caith (present analytic caitheann, future analytic caithfidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caite)

  1. to wear
  2. to consume
    1. to smoke (tobacco)
  3. to spend
  4. to throw
  5. (in future and conditional) must, have to
    Caithfidh mé imeacht. ― I have to go.

Derived terms

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caith chaith gcaith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish caithid.

Verb

caith (past chaith, future caithidh, verbal noun caitheamh, past participle caithte)

  1. spend, pass (time)
  2. waste, squander
  3. wear (clothes)

Derived terms