gnáth

See also: gnàth and gnáth-

Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Old Irish gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡnˠɑː/
• IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠæː/

Noun

gnáth m (genitive singular gnáith, nominative plural gnáthanna)

1. custom, usage
2. customary thing
3. frequentation
4. haunt, resort
5. (literary, in the plural) intimates, associates

Declension

Declension of gnáth

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gnáth gnátha Vocative a ghnáith a ghnátha Genitive gnáith gnátha Dative gnáth gnátha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gnáth na gnátha Genitive an ghnáith na ngnátha Dative leis an ngnáth don ghnáth leis na gnátha

Derived terms

• de ghnáth
• deasghnáth (“ritual, ceremony”)
• gnách
• gnáth-

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Old Irish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡnaːθ/

Adjective

gnáth

1. customary
2. usual

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gnáth	gnáth	gnáth
Vocative	gnáith* gnáth**
Accusative	gnáth	gnáith
Genitive	gnáith	gnáithe	gnáith
Dative	gnáth	gnáith	gnáth
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	gnáith	gnátha
Vocative	gnáthu gnátha†
Accusative	gnáthu gnátha†
Genitive	gnáth
Dative	gnáthaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

Terms derived from gnáth

• gnáthach
• gnáthaid
• gnáthaigid
• gnátham
• gnáthe
• gnáthmar
• ingnad

 

Descendants

• Irish: gnáth
• Scottish Gaelic: gnàth

Noun

gnáth m (nominative plural gnáith)

1. (in plural) intimates, familiar friends

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

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