English

Proper noun

Cath

1. A short form of the female given name Catherine.

See also

• Cathy
• Kate

Anagrams

• ACTH
• chat
• tach

English

Noun

cath ‎(plural caths)

1. Abbreviation of cathode.
2. Abbreviation of catheter.

Verb

cath ‎(third-person singular simple present caths, present participle cathing, simple past and past participle cathed)

1. (transitive) To fit (somebody) with a catheter.
   • 2004, Adrian Sandler, Living with Spina Bifida (page 160)

     At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast.

   • 2010, Judith Rogers, The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth

     Unlike Sharon, Sherry Adele was able to return to self-cathing after delivery.

Anagrams

• ACTH, chat, tach

Cornish

Noun

cath f ‎(plural cathes)

1. Alternative spelling of kath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ ‎(cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus ‎(“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m ‎(genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna)

1. battle
2. (literature) battle tale

Declension

Mutation

References

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ ‎(cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus ‎(“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaθ/

Noun

cath m

1. battle, fight
   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34^a20

     in chatho glosses proelii

   • c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112^a5

     amal dunem-side nech iarna chúl hi cath

     behind him in battle

   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 44^a1

     fon chath glosses sub Marte

2. troop, battalion

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Irish: cath
• Manx: cah
• Scottish Gaelic: cath

Mutation

References

• “cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ ‎(cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus ‎(“fight”).

Noun

cath m ‎(genitive singular catha, plural cathan)

1. battle

Synonyms

• blàr

Derived terms

• pic-catha

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “cath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːθ/

Noun

cath m, f (plural cathod or cathau)

1. cat; wildcat
2. cat, tipcat; cat-o'-nine-tails

Derived terms

• cath fach

Mutation

References

• “cath” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.