nath

See also: Nath, and náð

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nath (“poetical composition”).

Noun

nath m (genitive singular natha, nominative plural nathanna)

1. (literary) poem, song, refrain
2. proverbial saying, adage, epigram, saw

Synonyms

• (saying): cor cainte, leagan cainte

Declension

Declension of nath

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative nath nathanna Vocative a nath a nathanna Genitive natha nathanna Dative nath nathanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an nath na nathanna Genitive an natha na nathanna Dative leis an nath don nath leis na nathanna

Derived terms

• nath cainte
• nathaí
• nathán

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Middle English

Etymology

From ne hath.

Contraction

nath

1. hath not

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nath”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Nuer

Noun

nath

1. people