dath

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dath (colour, dye).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dath m (genitive singular datha, nominative plural dathanna or datha)

  1. colour, pigment
  2. tint
  3. dye

Declension

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With strong plural:

With weak plural:

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dath dhath ndath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 188, page 83
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 175, page 67

Further reading

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Old Frisian

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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dāth m

  1. death

Inflection

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Declension of dāth (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative dāth dāthar, dātha
genitive dāthes dātha
dative dāthe dāthum, dāthem
accusative dāth dāthar, dātha

Descendants

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  • Saterland Frisian: Dood
  • West Frisian: dead

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dath n

  1. colour
  2. dye

Inflection

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Neuter u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dathN dathL dathL, datha
Vocative dathN dathL dath
Accusative dathN dathL dath
Genitive dathoH, dathaH dathoN, dathaN dathN
Dative dathL dathaib dathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
dath dath
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dath (colour, dye).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dath m (genitive singular datha, plural dathan)

  1. colour, pigment
    Amhairc an dath bàn-dhearg nam bilean.
    Behold the pink color of the lips.

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     bàn, geal      glas      dubh
             dearg; ruadh              orains; donn              buidhe; donn
             uaine              uaine              gorm
             liath; glas              liath              gorm
             purpaidh; guirmean              pinc; purpaidh              pinc

Mutation

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