othar

See also: oðar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish othar (“sickness, illness; state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance; a sick or wounded man”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔhəɾˠ/

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)

invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
sickness, wound
festering state; matter, pus

Declension

Declension of othar (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	othar	othair
vocative	a othair	a othara
genitive	othair	othar
dative	othar	othair

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-othar	na hothair
genitive	an othair	na n-othar
dative	leis an othar don othar	leis na hothair

Derived terms

cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
fear othair (“sick, wounded, man”)
liosta othar (“sick list”)
othar seachtrach (“out-patient”)
otharcharr (“ambulance”)
otharlann (“infirmary, sickbay”)
otharluí (“invalid state, sick-bed; burial-place, grave”)
otharthraein (“ambulance train”)

Related terms

othras (“sickness, illness; ulcer”)
othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
othrasú (“ulceration”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *othar*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
othar	n-othar	hothar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “othar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈoθar/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

othar n or m

work, labour
wage, recompense, due

Synonyms

(work, labour): dúad, fognam, frithgnam, gním, lubair, monar, opar, saíthar, úaithne

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸutros, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“foul, rotten”).^[1]

Noun

othar m

sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
a sick or wounded man
lying ill or wounded
a grave, burial-place

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	othar	othar^L	uithir^L, othair^L
Vocative	uithir, othair^L	othar^L	othru^H
Accusative	othar^N	othar^L	othru^H
Genitive	uithir^L, othair^L	othar	othar^N
Dative	othur^L	othraib	othraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: othar
Scottish Gaelic: othar

Mutation

Mutation of *othar*
radical	lenition	nasalization
othar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-othar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “848-49”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 848-49

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

other

Declension

Positive forms of ōthar

Strong declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ōthar	ōthare, ōthara	ōthar	ōthara	ōthar	ōthar, ōthara
accusative	ōtharan, ōtharen	ōthara, ōthare	ōthara	ōthara	ōthar	ōthar, ōthara
genitive	ōthares, ōtharas	ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero	ōtharara, ōthararo	ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero	ōthares, ōtharas	ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero
dative	ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum	ōthararo, ōthararu, ōtharara	ōtharun, ōtharon	ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		feminine		neuter
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ōtharo, ōthara	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōthara, ōthare	ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan	ōthara, ōthare	ōtharon, ōtharun
accusative	ōtharon, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan	ōthara, ōthare	ōtharon, ōtharun
genitive	ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharono, ōthareno	ōtharun, ōtharan, ōtharen	ōtharono	ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharono, ōthareno
dative	ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōtharun, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun	ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan	ōtharon, ōtharun

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

wages, reward
labour

Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

(medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
ailment

Adjective

othar

Derived terms

othrasach (“infirmary”)

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 othar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “848-49”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 848-49

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othar

Irish

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Noun

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Old Saxon

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

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