othar

See also: oðar

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔhəɾˠ/

Noun

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

Declension of othar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative othar othair Vocative a othair a othara Genitive othair othar Dative othar othair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-othar na hothair Genitive an othair na n-othar Dative leis an othar don othar leis na hothair

Derived terms

• cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
• fear othair (“sick, wounded, man”)
• liosta othar (“sick list”)
• othar seachtrach (“out-patient”)
• otharcharr (“ambulance”)
• otharlann (“infirmary, sickbay”)
• otharluí (“invalid state, sick-bed; burial-place, grave”)
• otharthraein (“ambulance train”)

 

Related terms

• othras (“sickness, illness; ulcer”)
• othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
• othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
• othrasú (“ulceration”)

 

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “othar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoθar/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

othar n or m

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

Synonyms

• (work, labour): dúad, fognam, frithgnam, gním, lubair, monar, opar, saíthar, úaithne

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸutros, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“foul, rotten”).

Noun

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

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

• uthar

Synonyms

• (illness): aiccidit, ces, othrus, slaetán

Derived terms

• othrus

Descendants

• Irish: othar
• Scottish Gaelic: othar

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 othar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

1. other

Declension

Positive forms of ōthar

Strong declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ōthar	ōthare, ōthara	ōthar	ōthara	ōthar	ōthar, ōthara
accusative	ōtharan, ōtharen	ōthara, ōthare	ōthara	ōthara	ōthar	ōthar, ōthara
genitive	ōthares, ōtharas	ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero	ōtharara, ōthararo	ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero	ōthares, ōtharas	ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero
dative	ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum	ōthararo, ōthararu, ōtharara	ōtharun, ōtharon	ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ōtharo, ōthara	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōthara, ōthare	ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan	ōthara, ōthare	ōtharon, ōtharun
accusative	ōtharon, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan	ōthara, ōthare	ōtharon, ōtharun
genitive	ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharono, ōthareno	ōtharun, ōtharan, ōtharen	ōtharono	ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharono, ōthareno
dative	ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōtharun, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

1. wages, reward
2. labour

Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

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

Adjective

othar

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

Derived terms

• othrasach (“infirmary”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 othar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language