áth

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See also: ath, ath-, and àth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áth m (“ford”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“ride, go”).

Pronunciation

Noun

áth m (genitive singular átha, nominative plural áthanna)

  1. (geography) ford
  2. spawning bed (in river)
  3. opening

Declension

Declension of áth (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative áth áthanna
vocative a áth a áthanna
genitive átha áthanna
dative áth áthanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-áth na háthanna
genitive an átha na n-áthanna
dative leis an áth
don áth 		leis na háthanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of áth
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
áth n-áth háth t-áth

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 14
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun

áth m

  1. (geography) ford (commonly as scene of battle or single combat)
  2. (by extension) open space or hollow between two objects

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative áth áthL áthae
Vocative áth áthL áthu
Accusative áthN áthL áthu
Genitive áthoH, áthaH átho, átha áthaeN
Dative áthL áthaib áthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: áth
  • Manx: aah, aae
  • Scottish Gaelic: àth

Mutation

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

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

References

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