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Albanian
Etymology
Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Dutch kwast (“tassel”), Czech hvozd (“dense forest”)).
Noun
gath m (plural gathë, definite gathi)
- catkin, ament
- goat's dewlap
Synonyms
Related terms
- gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 187-8
Irish
Noun
gath m pl
- (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga
Mutation
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Eclipsis
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| gath
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ghath
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ngath
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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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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's crook”), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡah/
- Hyphenation: gath
Noun
gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)
- beam, ray (of light)
- barb, thorn
- spear, javelin
- arrow, dart
- sting (of an insect)
- knot, lump
Declension
Declension of gath (type IVb masculine noun)
Synonyms
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Mutation
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Lenition
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ghath
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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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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “gath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Colin Mark (2003) “gath”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 326
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 goth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
gath
- Soft mutation of cath (“cat”).
Mutation