caithréim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cathréim (“military career”), from cath (“battle”) + réim (“course, career”).

Pronunciation

Noun

caithréim f (genitive singular caithréime, nominative plural caithréimeanna)

  1. triumph (conclusive success, victory)

Declension

Mutation

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

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading

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