"cath" meaning in Old Irish

See cath in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkaθ/
Etymology: From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”). Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*keh₃-}}, {{inh|sga|pgl|ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ}} Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*katus}} Proto-Celtic *katus, {{inh|sga|ine-pro|*kéh₃tus||fight}} Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|catho|or|catha||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cath m (genitive catho or catha), {{sga-noun|m|catho|gen2=catha}} cath m (genitive catho or catha) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-u|g=m}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=cath+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=cathu|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=cath+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=u-m|dat_du=cathaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=cathaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=cath+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=catho+L|gen_du2=catha+L|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_pl=cathae+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=catho+H|gen_sg2=catha+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|n=|nom_du=cath+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=cathae+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_pl4=|nom_sg=cath|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=cath+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=cathu|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=cath|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: catho [genitive], catha [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cath [nominative, singular], cath [dual, nominative], cathae [nominative, plural], cath [singular, vocative], cath [dual, vocative], cathu [plural, vocative], cath [accusative, singular], cath [accusative, dual], cathu [accusative, plural], catho [genitive, singular], catha [genitive, singular], catho [dual, genitive], catha [dual, genitive], cathae [genitive, plural], cath [dative, singular], cathaib [dative, dual], cathaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cath [error-unrecognized-form], chath [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. battle, fight Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cath-sga-noun-N2uhvlR-
  2. troop, battalion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cath-sga-noun-TZxVxcNL Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cathach (english: bellicose, warlike), cathaige (english: warrior), cathaigid (english: fight, give battle), cathbarr, cathḟeis

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bellicose, warlike",
      "translation": "bellicose, warlike",
      "word": "cathach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "warrior",
      "translation": "warrior",
      "word": "cathaige"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fight, give battle",
      "translation": "fight, give battle",
      "word": "cathaigid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cathbarr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cathḟeis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "cath"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "cah"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "cath"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "sense": "warfare",
      "word": "cathaigecht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*keh₃-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*katus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *katus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kéh₃tus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fight"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catho",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "catho",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "catha",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cath m (genitive catho or catha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "catho",
        "gen2": "catha"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "g": "m"
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    },
    {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "cath+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "u-m",
        "dat_du": "cathaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "cathaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "cath+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "catho+L",
        "gen_du2": "catha+L",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "cathae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "catho+H",
        "gen_sg2": "catha+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "cath+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "cathae+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "cath",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "cath+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "cathu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "cath",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "of the battle",
          "text": "in chatho [translating proelii]",
          "translation": "of the battle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "english": "as he protects someone behind him in battle",
          "text": "amal du·n‑em-side nech íarna chúl hi cath",
          "translation": "as he protects someone behind him in battle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "under the battle",
          "text": "fon chath [translating sub Marte]",
          "translation": "under the battle",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "battle, fight"
      ],
      "id": "en-cath-sga-noun-N2uhvlR-",
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "troop, battalion"
      ],
      "id": "en-cath-sga-noun-TZxVxcNL",
      "links": [
        [
          "troop",
          "troop"
        ],
        [
          "battalion",
          "battalion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cath"
}
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    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine nouns",
    "Old Irish masculine u-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₃-",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bellicose, warlike",
      "translation": "bellicose, warlike",
      "word": "cathach"
    },
    {
      "english": "warrior",
      "translation": "warrior",
      "word": "cathaige"
    },
    {
      "english": "fight, give battle",
      "translation": "fight, give battle",
      "word": "cathaigid"
    },
    {
      "word": "cathbarr"
    },
    {
      "word": "cathḟeis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "cath"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "cah"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "cath"
    },
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      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
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      "word": "cathaigecht"
    }
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        "3": "*keh₃-"
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      "name": "root"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "catho",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sga-decl-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cathae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
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      "form": "cathu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "catho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "catha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "catho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "catha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
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        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "altform": "",
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        "g": "m",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
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    {
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        "gen2": "catha"
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        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl3": "",
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        "class": "u-m",
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        "dat_pl": "cathaib",
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        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "cathae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "catho+H",
        "gen_sg2": "catha+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "cath+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "cathae+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "cath",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "cath+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "cathu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "cath",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "of the battle",
          "text": "in chatho [translating proelii]",
          "translation": "of the battle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              43
            ]
          ],
          "english": "as he protects someone behind him in battle",
          "text": "amal du·n‑em-side nech íarna chúl hi cath",
          "translation": "as he protects someone behind him in battle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "under the battle",
          "text": "fon chath [translating sub Marte]",
          "translation": "under the battle",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "battle, fight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "troop, battalion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "troop",
          "troop"
        ],
        [
          "battalion",
          "battalion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cath"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cath meaning in Old Irish (6.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cath/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "cath"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cath",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "cath"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cath",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "cath"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cath",
  "trace": ""
}

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