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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish íath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸeitu, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH-tu- (“rich grassland, prairie”), an extension of *peyH- (“fat, milk”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).
Noun
iath f (genitive singular iaithe, nominative plural iatha)
- (literary) land, meadow
- (literary) estate, territory, country
Declension
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Verb
iath (past dh'iath, future iathaidh, verbal noun iathadh, past participle iadhte)
- Alternative form of iadh