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càth, chaff, husks of corn, Ir., O. Ir. cáith, W. codem, a bag, husk, pod (?), *kûti‑, root kât, kat, as in caith, spend, cast.
cathachadh, provoking, accusing, fighting, Ir. cathaighim; from cath, fight.
cathadh, snow-drift, Ir. cáthadh, snow-drift, sea-drift; cf. M. Ir. cúa, gen. cúadh, W. cawod, O.Cor. cowes, nimbus, Br. kaouad, *kavat (Stokes); allied to Eng. shower. It is possible to refer the G. word to the root of caith, càth.
cathair, a city, Ir., E. Ir. cathair, O. Ir. cathir (*kastrex, W. caer, Br. kaer, *kastro‑; Lat. castrum, fort (Stokes). The root seems to be cat, cats; the phonetics are the same as in piuthar, for the final part of the word.
cathair, a chair, Ir. cathaoir, E. Ir. catháir, W. cadair, Br. kador; from Lat. cathedra, whence also, through Gr., Eng. chair.
cathan, a wild goose with black bill (Heb.); see cadhan.
cathan-aodaich, a web (M‘D.):
càthar, mossy ground; see càir.
cathlunn, a corn (Sh.; not in H.S.D.); formed on Lat. callum. See calum.
catluibh, cudwort; see cadhluibh.
cè, cèath, cream, M. Ir. ceó, milk; cf. Br. koavenn, which suggests a form keivo- (cf. glé from gleivo‑), root kei, skei, shade, cover, as in Gr. σκιά, shadow, Ger. schemen (do.)? The Br. koavenn has been refered to *co+hufen, W. hufen, cream. Cf. ceò, mist, “covering”.
cé, the earth, used only in the phrase an cruinne cé, the (round) earth, Ir., E. Ir. cé, for bith ché, on this earth. The cé is supposed to be for “this”, from the pronomial kei, Gr. κεῖνος, he, Lat. ce, cis, Eng. he. The root kei, go, move (Lat. cio, Gr. κίω), has also been suggested.
cè, give?
cè, spouse (Carm.), Ir. cé:
ceaba, ceibe, the iron part of a spade or other delving instrument; see caibe.
cèabhar, a fine breeze (Heb.):
ceabhar (Carm.), sky, (Prov.) ci’ar:
ceach, an interjection of dislike; see the next word.
ceacharra, dirty, mean, obstreperous (Carm.), Ir. ceachair, dirt, M. Ir. cecharda, *kekari‑; from kek, the e form of the root kak seen in cac, q.v.
ceachladh, digging, Ir. ceachlaim, O. Ir. ro-cechladatar, suffoderunt, *ce-clad‑, a reduplicated or perfect form of the root clad of G. cladh, q.v.
cead, permission, so Ir., O. Ir. cet, *ces-do‑; Lat. cēdo, I yield (for ces-dô).
