gáeth
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gáeth
Inflection[edit]
o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | gáeth | gáeth | gáeth |
Vocative | gaíth* gáeth** | ||
Accusative | gáeth | gaíth | |
Genitive | gaíth | gaíthe | gaíth |
Dative | gáeth | gaíth | gáeth |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | gaíth | gáetha | |
Vocative | gáethu gáetha† | ||
Accusative | gáethu gáetha† | ||
Genitive | gáeth | ||
Dative | gáethaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: gaoth
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
gáeth f
- wind
- Verses in the St Gall Priscian
- Is acher in gaíth innocht fu·fuasna fairggæ findḟolt
ni ágor réimm mora minn dond láechraid lainn ua Lothlind.- Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
I fear not the coursing of a clear sea by the fierce heroes from Lothlend.
- Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
- Verses in the St Gall Priscian
Inflection[edit]
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | gáethL | gaíthL | gáethaH |
Vocative | gáethL | gaíthL | gáethaH |
Accusative | gaíthN | gaíthL | gáethaH |
Genitive | gaítheH | gáethL | gáethN |
Dative | gaíthL | gáethaib | gáethaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: gaoth
- Manx: geay
- Scottish Gaelic: gaoth
- ⇒ Middle Irish: gáethamlacht
Etymology 3[edit]
Uncertain. Perhaps attested in Primitive Irish ᚌᚐᚈᚈᚕᚌᚂᚐᚅ (gattea-glan, “(?)having clean water”).[1]
Noun[edit]
gáeth m or f (genitive unattested, no plural)
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: gaoth
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
gáeth | gáeth pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
ngáeth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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