áith
See also: aith-
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter).
Noun
áith f (genitive singular áithe, nominative plural áitheanna or áithí)
- kiln
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 14:
- ńīl ēn ā sn̥ ilān šə, ax tā mōrān akəb ə gonəmárə.
- conventional orthography: Níl aon áith san oileán seo, ach tá mórán acu i gConamara.
- There’s no kiln on this island, but there are a lot of them in Connemara.
- conventional orthography: Níl aon áith san oileán seo, ach tá mórán acu i gConamara.
- ńīl ēn ā sn̥ ilān šə, ax tā mōrān akəb ə gonəmárə.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 14:
- tā n ā ʒā l̄oskə.
- conventional orthography: Tá an áith dhá loscadh.
- The kiln is burning.
- conventional orthography: Tá an áith dhá loscadh.
- tā n ā ʒā l̄oskə.
Declension
Declension of áith
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- áith aoil f (“lime-kiln”)
- áith choirce f (“corn-kiln”)
- áith allais f (“sweat-house”)
- áitheadóir m (“kiln worker”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish áith (“sharp, keen, acute”).
Adjective
áith
Declension
Declension of áith
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
áith | n-áith | háith | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áith (‘sharp, keen’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 áith (‘drying kiln’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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Numeral
áith