aodach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish étach (compare modern Irish éadach).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɯːt̪əx/

Noun

aodach m (genitive singular aodaich, plural aodaichean)

clothes, dress
cuir ort d' aodach ― put on your clothes
cloth, material
aodach sa bheairt ― cloth in the loom
(nautical) sails (collectively)

Derived terms

aodach canaich (“cotton cloth, calico”)
aodach lìn (“linen cloth”)
aodach oidhche (“night clothes”)
aodach olla (“woollen cloth”)
aodach-leapa (“bed-clothes”)
cnag-aodaich (“clothes peg”)
fo-aodach (“underwear”)
sorchan-aodaich (“coatstand”)
uchd-aodach (“bra”)

Mutation

Mutation of *aodach*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aodach	n-aodach	h-aodach	t-aodach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “aodach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

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