gath

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Dutch kwast (tassel), Czech hvozd (dense forest)).[1]

Noun[edit]

gath m (plural gathë, definite gathi)

  1. catkin, ament
  2. goat's dewlap

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187-8

Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

gath m pl

  1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gath ghath ngath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (spear), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, shepherd's crook), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡah/
  • Hyphenation: gath

Noun[edit]

gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)

  1. beam, ray (of light)
  2. barb, thorn
  3. spear, javelin
  4. arrow, dart
  5. sting (of an insect)
  6. knot, lump

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Coordinate terms[edit]

  • (arrow): bogha (bow)

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gath ghath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gath

  1. Soft mutation of cath (cat).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cath gath nghath chath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.