different between rath vs cath

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Irish ráth.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -???, Rhymes: -æ?
• Homophone: wrath (some dialects)

Noun

rath (plural raths)

1. (historical) A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age.
   • 1907, James Woods, Annals of Westmeath, Ancient and Modern:

     There are numerous Danish raths in the parish.

   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 1:

     Those with Celtic legendry in their heritage—mainly the Scotch-Irish element of New Hampshire, and their kindred who had settled in Vermont on Governor Wentworth’s colonial grants—linked them vaguely with the malign fairies and “little people” of the bogs and raths, and protected themselves with scraps of incantation handed down through many generations.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hindi ?? (rath), from Sanskrit ?? (ratha).

Noun

rath (plural raths)

1. A Burmese carriage of state.

Etymology 3

Adjective

rath (comparative more rath, superlative most rath)

1. Alternative form of rathe.

Anagrams

• Arth, HART, Hart, Thar, hart, tahr, thar

Cornish

Noun

rath f (plural rathes)

1. rat

Synonyms

• (Revived Late Cornish) logojen vroas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish rath (“grace, virtue”), from Proto-Celtic *?ratom (“grace, virtue, good fortune”), from the root *?ar- (“bestow”) (whence Old Irish ernaid, from Proto-Indo-European *perh?- (“bestow, give”) (whence also Sanskrit ?????? (p????ti, “grant, bestow”), Latin par? (“prepare”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /???h/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /??a/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /??ah/

Noun

rath m (genitive singular ratha)

1. (literary) bestowal, grant; grace, favour; gift, bounty
2. prosperity
3. abundance
4. usefulness, good

Declension

Derived terms

• anrath (“ill-luck”)

Further reading

• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “far-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 122
• Matasovi?, Ranko (2009) , “frato-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 140
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 rath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “ra?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "rath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “prosperity” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “success” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• rað

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raþ? (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??/

Noun

rath n

1. wheel

Declension

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Noun

cath (plural caths)

1. Clipping of cathode.
2. Clipping of catheter.

Verb

cath (third-person singular simple present caths, present participle cathing, simple past and past participle cathed)

1. (medicine, transitive) To catheterize; to fit (someone) with a catheter.
   • 2004, Adrian Sandler, Living with Spina Bifida (page 160)

     At the spina bifida camp, we've had about twenty-five kids lining up outside the "Med Shed," needing to be cathed before breakfast.

   • 2010, Judith Rogers, The Disabled Woman's Guide to Pregnancy and Birth

     Unlike Sharon, Sherry Adele was able to return to self-cathing after delivery.

Anagrams

• ACTH, CHAT, chat, tach

Cornish

Alternative forms

• kath

Noun

cath f (plural cathas or cathes)

1. (Standard Cornish, Standard Written Form) cat

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ????? (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, nominative plural cathanna or catha)

1. battle

   Proverb:

   1. (literature) battle tale
2. conflict, trial
3. battalion

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• cafarr

Mutation

Further reading

• "cath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ????? (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?/

Noun

cath m (genitive catho or catha)

1. battle, fight
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 34^a20

     in chatho glosses proelii

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112^a5

     amal dunem-side nech iarna chúl hi cath

     behind him in battle

   • c. 845, St. Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 44^a1

     fon chath glosses sub Marte

2. troop, battalion

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ????? (cattu), from Proto-Celtic *katus, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh?tus (“fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kah/

Noun

cath m (genitive singular catha, plural cathan)

1. battle

   Synonym: blàr

Derived terms

• pic-catha

Mutation

Further reading

• “cath” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ka?, from Proto-Celtic *katt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka??/

Noun

cath f (plural cathod or cathau)

1. cat; wildcat
2. cat, tipcat; cat-o'-nine-tails

Derived terms

• cathbysgod
• cath fach

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cath”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies