"caithir" meaning in Irish

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Noun

Etymology: From Old Irish caithir. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|caithir}} Old Irish caithir Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caithre|or|caithreach||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} caithir f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach), {{ga-noun|f|caithre|-|gen2=caithreach}} caithir f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach) Forms: caithre [genitive, singular], caithreach [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], caithir [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chaithir [indefinite, singular, vocative], caithre [genitive, indefinite, singular], caithir [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chaithir [definite, nominative, singular], na caithre [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcaithir [dative, definite, singular], don chaithir [dative, definite, singular], caithear [alternative], cathair [alternative]
  1. down, pubic hair Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caithir-ga-noun-SO44Ng10 Categories (other): Pages with entries, Hair Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 48 6 6 Disambiguation of Hair: 74 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], caithir [error-unrecognized-form], chaithir [error-unrecognized-form], gcaithir [error-unrecognized-form]
Head templates: {{head|ga|verb form}} caithir Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. (Munster, otherwise archaic) second-person singular present of caith Tags: Munster, form-of, present, second-person, singular Form of: caith
    Sense id: en-caithir-ga-verb-aon-200k Categories (other): Munster Irish, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 31 47 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 47 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 48 6 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for caithir meaning in Irish (3.8kB)

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