tláith

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish tláith (whence Scottish Gaelic tlàth), from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Welsh tlawd (“poor, sick”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

tláith (genitive singular feminine tláithe, plural tláithe, comparative tláithe)

  1. weak (lacking in force or ability)
    Synonyms: lag, fann
  2. soft, gentle
    Synonyms: bog, lag, séimh

Declension

Declension of tláith
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative tláith thláith tláithe;
thláithe²
Vocative thláith tláithe
Genitive tláithe tláithe tláith
Dative tláith;
thláith¹ 		thláith tláithe;
thláithe²
Comparative níos tláithe
Superlative is tláithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tláith thláith dtláith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tlāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380

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