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cathaoir

cathaoir

Irish

Noun

cathaoir f ‎(genitive singular cathaoireach, nominative plural cathaoireacha)

chair (piece of furniture; professorship at university)
seat, throne
stool, stump (of tree)

Declension

Declension of cathaoir

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cathaoir	cathaoireacha
Vocative	a chathaoir	a chathaoireacha
Genitive	cathaoireach	cathaoireacha
Dative	cathaoir	cathaoireacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chathaoir	na cathaoireacha
Genitive	na cathaoireach	na gcathaoireacha
Dative	leis an gcathaoir don chathaoir	leis na cathaoireacha

Archaic genitive plural: cathaoireach

Synonyms

(professorship): ollúnacht

Derived terms

ardchathaoir ‎(“highchair”)

Related terms

cathaoirleach ‎(“chairman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cathaoir	chathaoir	gcathaoir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cathaoir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cathaír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.