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English
Noun
laithe (plural laithes)
- (Northern England) Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a field barn”)
1999, Nicholas Crane, Two Degrees West, London: Viking, page 96:Sprinkled across the scalloped valley were toylike field barns, 'laithes', that had once stored hay and given cattle shelter through the winter.
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Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *latyom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁t- (“warm part of the year”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lěto n (“summer, year”). Probably unrelated to lá.
Pronunciation
Noun
laithe n
- day, daytime, daylight
- Synonym: lá
Inflection
| Neuter io-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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laitheN
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laitheL
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laitheL
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| Vocative
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laitheN
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laitheL
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laitheL
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| Accusative
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laitheN
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laitheL
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laitheL
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| Genitive
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laithiL
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laitheL
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laitheN
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| Dative
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laithiuL
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laithib
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laithib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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laithe
also llaithe after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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laithe
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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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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