árthach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish arthrach (“ferrying; ferry boat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

árthach m (genitive singular árthaigh, nominative plural árthaí)

  1. ship, vessel, craft (vehicle designed for navigation)
    Synonym: soitheach
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.
      They were six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not surprising.
  2. container
    Synonyms: coimeádán, soitheach

Declension

Declension of árthach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative árthach árthaí
Vocative a árthaigh a árthaí
Genitive árthaigh árthaí
Dative árthach árthaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-árthach na hárthaí
Genitive an árthaigh na n-árthaí
Dative leis an árthach

don árthach

leis na hárthaí

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ “árthach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 arthrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 189
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 17

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