úath
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Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *ɸowtus, from Proto-Indo-European *pew- (“to fear”).
Noun[edit]
úath ?
Inflection[edit]
Masculine u-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | úath | úathL | úathae |
Vocative | úath | úathL | úathu |
Accusative | úathN | úathL | úathu |
Genitive | úathoH, úathaH | úatho, úatha | úathaeN |
Dative | úathL | úathaib | úathaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
úath ?
- whitethorn
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1278
- ūath .i. scē (v.l. sceach), ar imat a delg
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1278
- name of the Ogham letter ᚆ (h)
Etymology 3[edit]
From úathad
Noun[edit]
úath ?
- a small number, a few
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: uath-
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
úath | unchanged | n-úath |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 úath (‘fear, horror’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 úath (‘whitethorn’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “5 úath (‘small number, few’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language