gaothach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gáethach, synchronically analyzable as gaoth +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gaothach (genitive singular masculine gaothaigh, genitive singular feminine gaothaí, plural gaothacha, comparative gaothaí)

1. windy

   Synonym: gaofar

Declension

Declension of gaothach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gaothach	ghaothach	gaothacha; ghaothacha²
Vocative	ghaothaigh		gaothacha
Genitive		gaothaí	gaothacha	gaothach
Dative	gaothach; ghaothach¹	ghaothach; ghaothaigh (archaic)	gaothacha; ghaothacha²
Comparative	níos gaothaí
Superlative	is gaothaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

Noun

gaothach f (genitive singular gaothaí, nominative plural gaothacha)

1. Synonym of gaoth (“wind”)

Declension

Declension of gaothach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gaothach gaothacha Vocative a ghaothach a ghaothacha Genitive gaothaí gaothach Dative gaothach gaothacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghaothach na gaothacha Genitive na gaothaí na ngaothach Dative leis an ngaothach don ghaothach leis na gaothacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gaothach	ghaothach	ngaothach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaothach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “gaothach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gáethach, synchronically analyzable as gaoth +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɯː.əx/

Adjective

gaothach (genitive singular masculine gaothaich, comparative gaothaiche)

1. windy
2. flatulent

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gaothach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language