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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dath ( “ colour, dye ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dath m (genitive singular datha , nominative plural dathanna or datha )
colour , pigment
tint
dye
Declension
With strong plural:
With weak plural:
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 dath ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 188 , page 83
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 175 , page 67
Further reading
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “daṫ ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 225
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “dath ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “dath ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm
“dath ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
Old Frisian
Noun
dāth m
death
Inflection
Descendants
Saterland Frisian: Dood
West Frisian: dead
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
dath n
colour
dye
Inflection
Neuter u-stem
singular
dual
plural
nominative
dath N
dath L
dath L , datha
vocative
dath N
dath L
dath
accusative
dath N
dath L
dath
genitive
datho H , datha H
datho N , datha N
dath N
dative
dath L
dathaib
dathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspiration
L = triggers lenition
N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of dath
radical
lenition
nasalization
dath
dath pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndath
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 dath ( “ colour, dye ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
dath m (genitive singular datha , plural dathan )
colour , pigment
Amhairc an dath bàn-dhearg nam bilean. Behold the pink color of the lips.
Derived terms
See also
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.