àth

See also: ath, áth, ath-, aþ, að, and -aþ

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áth (compare Manx aah, Irish áth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun

àth m (genitive singular àth, plural àthan)

1. (geography) ford

Etymology 2

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Noun

àth f (genitive singular àtha, plural àthan or àthannan)

1. kiln

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “àth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language