othar

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See also: oðar

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish othar (sickness, illness; state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance; a sick or wounded man).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)

  1. invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
  2. sickness, wound
  3. festering state; matter, pus

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
othar n-othar hothar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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othar n or m

  1. work, labour
  2. wage, recompense, due
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸutros, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (foul, rotten).[1]

Noun

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othar m

  1. sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
  2. state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
  3. a sick or wounded man
  4. lying ill or wounded
  5. a grave, burial-place
Inflection
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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative othar otharL uithirL, othairL
Vocative uithir, othairL otharL othruH
Accusative otharN otharL othruH
Genitive uithirL, othairL othar otharN
Dative othurL othraib othraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Irish: othar
  • Scottish Gaelic: othar

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
othar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-othar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “848-49”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 848-49

Further reading

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Old Saxon

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

Adjective

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ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

  1. other

Declension

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish othar.

Noun

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othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. wages, reward
  2. labour

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish othar.

Noun

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othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. (medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
  2. ailment

Adjective

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othar

  1. sick
  2. wounded, mutilated
  3. maimed
  4. weak
Derived terms
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