gnáth

From Old Irish gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• gnách

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡnˠɑː/
  • Homophones: grá, gráigh (one pronunciation)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠæː/

gnáth m (genitive singular gnáith, nominative plural gnátha or gnáith)

1. custom, usage
2. customary thing
3. frequentation
4. haunt, resort
5. (literary, in the plural) intimates, associates

Alternative declension

gnáth (genitive singular masculine gnáth, genitive singular feminine gnáithe, plural gnátha)

1. Alternative form of gnách

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnáth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gnáth”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

From Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡnaːθ/

gnáth (comparative gnáthiu, superlative gnáithem)

1. customary
2. usual
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 31^b11

     Is gnád radat gói.

     It is usual for them to tell lies.

   • Sechtae, published in Ancient Laws of Ireland: Uraicecht Becc and Certain Other Selected Brehon Law Tracts (1901, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited and with translations by W. Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, and Robert Atkinson, vol. 5, pp. 117-373, page 238

     A[t]·táit secht ngella la Feine [...] timthach fir is gnáth a ndail,

     There are seven pledges with the Feine the clothes of a man who is frequent at assemblies,

• Irish: gnáth
• Scottish Gaelic: gnàth

gnáth m (nominative plural gnáith)

1. (in the plural) intimates, familiar friends