iath
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See also: íath
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish íath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸētu, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH-tu- (“rich grassland, prairy”), an extension of *peyH- (“fat, milk”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).
Noun[edit]
iath f (genitive singular iaithe, nominative plural iatha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of iath
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
- iathchloch (“feldspar”)
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “íath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Verb[edit]
iath (past dh'iath, future iathaidh, verbal noun iathadh, past participle iadhte)
- Alternative form of iadh
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peyH-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish literary terms
- Irish second-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic verbs