gáeth

See also: gaeth and gæþ

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • gaíth

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡaːi̯θ]

Etymology 1

Adjective

gáeth

  1. wise
  2. intelligent
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative gáeth gáeth gáeth
Vocative gaíth*
gáeth**
Accusative gáeth gaíth
Genitive gaíth gaíthe gaíth
Dative gáeth gaíth gáeth
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative gaíth gáetha
Vocative gáethu
gáetha
Accusative gáethu
gáetha
Genitive gáeth
Dative gáethaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: gaoth

Etymology 2

Noun

gáeth f

  1. wind
    • Verses in the St Gall Priscian
      Is acher in gaíth innocht fu·fuasna fairggæ findḟolt
      ni ágor réimm mora minn dond láechraid lainn ua Lothlind.
      Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
      I fear not the coursing of a clear sea by the fierce heroes from Lothlend.
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gáethL gaíthL gáethaH
Vocative gáethL gaíthL gáethaH
Accusative gaíthN gaíthL gáethaH
Genitive gaítheH gáethL gáethN
Dative gaíthL gáethaib gáethaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Perhaps attested in Primitive Irish ᚌᚐᚈᚈᚕᚌᚂᚐᚅ (gattea-glan, (?)having clean water).[1]

Noun

gáeth m or f (genitive unattested, no plural)

  1. estuary
Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gáeth gáeth
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngáeth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Ziegler, Sabine (1994) Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors, Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions] (Historische Sprachforschung; Ergänzungsheft 36) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 183

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