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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.
Noun
túath f (genitive túaithe, nominative plural túatha)
- tribe
- laity
- people
- tribal territory
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *tousto- (“left”).
Noun
túath m
- north
- left
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation
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Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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túath
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thúath
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túath pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
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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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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language