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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish íth.
Pronunciation
Noun
íoth f (genitive singular íthe or íotha)
- fat, lard
- Synonyms: saill, blonag, geir, méathras
- grease
- Synonym: gréisc
Declension
As a second-declension noun:
As a third-declension noun:
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| íoth
|
n-íoth
|
híoth
|
not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 íth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “íoth”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “íoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45