àth

See also: ath, áth, ath-, aþ, að, and -aþ

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːh/, [aː]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áth (compare Manx aah, Irish áth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun

àth m (genitive singular àth, plural àthan)

  1. (geography) ford

Etymology 2

From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from Proto-Celtic *ātis, from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter, Serbo-Croatian vȁtra).

Noun

àth f (genitive singular àtha, plural àthan or àthannan)

  1. kiln
Declension
Declension of àth (type IVb feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative àth àthan
Genitive àtha àthan
Dative àtha àthan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) àth (na) h-àthan
Genitive (na) h-àtha (nan) àthan
Dative (an) àtha (na) h-àthan
Vocative (a) àth (a) àthan
Declension of àth (type IVb feminine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative àth àthannan
Genitive àtha àthannan
Dative àtha àthannan
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) àth (na) h-àthannan
Genitive (na) h-àtha (nan) àthannan
Dative (an) àtha (na) h-àthannan
Vocative (a) àth (a) àthannan

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “àth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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