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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish lúath.
Pronunciation
Adjective
luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha)
- quick, fast
- early, soon
Declension
- Alternative comparative form: luathcha (Cois Fharraige)
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish lúath.
Adjective
luath (comparative luaithe)
- fast, swift, fleet, nimble, quick, speedy
- each luath ― a fleet horse
- early, soon
1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal […]- And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish lúaith (“ashes, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *loutus.
Cognate with Welsh lludw.
Noun
luath f (genitive singular luaithe or luatha, no plural)
- ash (from fire)
- luath bholcàno ― volcanic ash
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