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Cath
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Is éard is cath ann ná troid idir dhá arm nó dhá aonad mhíleata, beag beann ar an líon saighdiúirí.[1] Tá an focal sa Ghaeilge le fada, fiú sa tSean-Ghaeilge.[2] Go minic, is éard atá i gceist ná comhrac atá soiléir ó thaobh fad ama, limistéir, agus thiomantas na bhfórsaí.[3] Mar sin féin, úsáidtear an téarma ar fheachtas míleata ina iomláine freisin, mar a dhéantar i gcás Cath na Breataine, Cath Stalingrad, Cath na Boilsce, srl. Tugtar scirmis ar chomhrac teoranta gan toradh soiléir air.
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