dùth

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From an earlier root dù, from Old Irish dú. Stokes originally suggested that the early root was borrowed from Old French dû (> French dû, English due), from devoir (“to owe”), but MacBain notes a connection between the earlier root, dual (“hereditary right”), and dùthaich (“a country, district”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪uː/

Adjective

dùth (comparative dùtha)

1. natural, hereditary
2. proper, fitting, suitable

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dùth	dhùth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dùth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN