caitheamh

From Old Irish caithem. By surface analysis, caith +‎ -amh

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkahəv/^[1]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ka/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkahu/, /ˈkãhũ/^[2]

caitheamh m (genitive singular as substantive caithimh, genitive as verbal noun caite)

1. verbal noun of caith
2. consumption
3. spending
4. wear, wearing
5. passing
6. throw, cast, pitch
7. shooting, firing (a weapon)
8. fire (in-flight bullets)
9. compulsion

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(as verbal noun):

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caitheamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caiṫeaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 109
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caitheamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caitheamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6

From Old Irish caithem. By surface analysis, caith +‎ -amh

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛhəv/

caitheamh f (genitive singular caitheimh, plural caitheamhan)

1. verbal noun of caith
2. consumption
3. (with article, a' chaitheamh) asthma, tuberculosis^[1]

• ana-caitheamh (“extravagance, prodigality, waste; profusion; riot”)
• caitheamh a' ghrùthain
• caitheamh-aimsire (“pastime, sport, diversion; waste of time.”)
• caitheamh-beatha (“moral conduct, behaviour, conversation, mode of living”)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “caitheamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caithem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language