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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish soithech.
Pronunciation
Noun
soitheach m (genitive singular soithigh, nominative plural soithí)
- vessel, container, dish
- Synonyms: áras, árthach, leastar
- (mathematics) container
- craft, vessel (boat, ship)
- Synonyms: árthach, bád
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| soitheach
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shoitheach
after an, tsoitheach
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not applicable
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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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References
Further reading
- “soitheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “soithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish soithech.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɤ.əx/, /ˈs̪ɛ.əx/
Noun
soitheach m or f (genitive singular soithich or soithiche, plural soithichean)
- dish, vessel
- pitcher, container
- ship, vessel
- vial m
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| soitheach |
shoitheach
after "an", t-soitheach
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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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