ath-

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See also: ath, áth, àth, , , and -aþ

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aith-, ath-, from Proto-Celtic *ati-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ath-

  1. re-, second
  2. old, rejected, ex-
  3. return
  4. later, after

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ath-
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ath- n-ath- hath- t-ath-

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aith-, ath-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

Further reading

Old Irish

Prefix

ath-

  1. broad form of aith-

Mutation

Mutation of ath-
radical lenition nasalization
ath-
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-ath-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aith-, ath-, from Proto-Celtic *ati-.

Prefix

ath- (triggers lenition)

  1. re-

Derived terms

References