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cathaige

cathaige

Old Irish

Noun

cathaige m ‎(nominative plural cathaigi)

fighter, warrior

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Etymology 2

From cathach ‎(“bellicose”) +‎ -e.

Noun

cathaige f

martial spirit

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cathaige	chathaige	cathaige pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 cathaige (‘fighter, warrior’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 cathaige (‘martial spirit’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.