tláith

Irish

Alternative forms

• tláth

Etymology

From Middle Irish tláith (whence Scottish Gaelic tlàth), from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Welsh tlawd (“poor, sick”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠl̪ˠɑːh/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠlˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠlˠaː/

Adjective

tláith (genitive singular feminine tláithe, plural tláithe, comparative tláithe)

1. weak (lacking in force or ability)

   Synonyms: lag, fann

2. soft, gentle

   Synonyms: bog, lag, séimh

Declension

Declension of tláith

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	tláith	thláith	tláithe; thláithe²
Vocative	thláith		tláithe
Genitive		tláithe	tláithe	tláith
Dative	tláith; thláith¹	thláith	tláithe; thláithe²
Comparative	níos tláithe
Superlative	is tláithe

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

Derived terms

• tláithe

Related terms

• tlás

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tláith	thláith	dtláith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “tláith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tláith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tláiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 737
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tláith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14