"cath" meaning in Old Irish

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Noun

IPA: /kaθ/
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}}}|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|c|ath}} 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 [mutation, mutation-radical], chath [mutation, mutation-nasal], cath [mutation]
  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: 5 95
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

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bellicose, warlike",
      "word": "cathach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "warrior",
      "word": "cathaige"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fight, give battle",
      "word": "cathaigid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cathbarr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cathḟeis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "cath"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: cath",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cath"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "cah"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: cah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: cah"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "cath"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: cath",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: cath"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "cathaigecht",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "warfare"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Irish: cathaigecht (“warfare”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Irish: cathaigecht (“warfare”)"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).",
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      "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "catho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "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"
      ]
    },
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      "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
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      "form": "cath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
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        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "6": "catho",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "catha",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
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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": "",
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        "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": "",
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        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
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        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
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      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "ath"
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  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "in chatho [translating proelii]",
          "text": "of the battle",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "as he protects someone behind him in battle",
          "text": "amal du·n‑em-side nech íarna chúl hi cath",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "fon chath [translating sub Marte]",
          "text": "under the battle",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "battle, fight"
      ],
      "id": "en-cath-sga-noun-N2uhvlR-",
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "troop, battalion"
      ],
      "id": "en-cath-sga-noun-TZxVxcNL",
      "links": [
        [
          "troop",
          "troop"
        ],
        [
          "battalion",
          "battalion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cath"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "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",
    "cy:Cats"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "bellicose, warlike",
      "word": "cathach"
    },
    {
      "english": "warrior",
      "word": "cathaige"
    },
    {
      "english": "fight, give battle",
      "word": "cathaigid"
    },
    {
      "word": "cathbarr"
    },
    {
      "word": "cathḟeis"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cath"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "cah"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: cah",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: cah"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "cath"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: cath",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: cath"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mga",
            "2": "cathaigecht",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "warfare"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Irish: cathaigecht (“warfare”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₃tus (“fight”).",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine u-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cathae",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "cathu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "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",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathaib",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cath",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "catho",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "catha",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cath m (genitive catho or catha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "catho",
        "gen2": "catha"
      },
      "expansion": "cath m (genitive catho or catha)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "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": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c",
        "2": "ath"
      },
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "in chatho [translating proelii]",
          "text": "of the battle",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "as he protects someone behind him in battle",
          "text": "amal du·n‑em-side nech íarna chúl hi cath",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "fon chath [translating sub Marte]",
          "text": "under the battle",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "battle, fight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battle",
          "battle"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "troop, battalion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "troop",
          "troop"
        ],
        [
          "battalion",
          "battalion"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cath"
}

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