lathach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish lathach (mire, puddle),[1] from Proto-Celtic *latyos (moist), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (damp, wet), see also Old Norse leðja (mud), Albanian lag (to moisten).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lathach f (genitive singular lathaí or laithche)

  1. mud (mixture of soil and water), puddle (homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit), slush (liquid mud or mire)
    Synonyms: láib, puiteach, lábán, pluda

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 224
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 179
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 55

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