othar

See also: oðar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish othar (“sickness, illness; state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance; a sick or wounded man”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔhəɾˠ/

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)

  1. invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
  2. sickness, wound
  3. festering state; matter, pus

Declension
Declension of othar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative othar othair
Vocative a othair a othara
Genitive othair othar
Dative othar othair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-othar na hothair
Genitive an othair na n-othar
Dative leis an othar

don othar

 leis na hothair

Derived terms
  • cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
  • fear othair (“sick, wounded, man”)
  • liosta othar (“sick list”)
  • othar seachtrach (“out-patient”)
  • otharcharr (“ambulance”)
  • otharlann (“infirmary, sickbay”)
  • otharluí (“invalid state, sick-bed; burial-place, grave”)
  • otharthraein (“ambulance train”)
  • othras (“sickness, illness; ulcer”)
  • othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
  • othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
  • othrasú (“ulceration”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
othar n-othar hothar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoθar/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

othar n or m

  1. work, labour
  2. wage, recompense, due
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸutros, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“foul, rotten”).[1]

Noun

othar m

  1. sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
  2. state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
  3. a sick or wounded man
  4. lying ill or wounded
  5. a grave, burial-place
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative othar otharL uithirL, othairL
Vocative uithir, othairL otharL othruH
Accusative otharN otharL othruH
Genitive uithirL, othairL othar otharN
Dative othurL othraib othraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
  • uthar
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: othar
  • Scottish Gaelic: othar

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
othar unchanged n-othar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “848-49”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 848-49

Further reading

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

  1. other

Declension
Positive forms of ōthar
Strong declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ōthar ōthare, ōthara ōthar ōthara ōthar ōthar, ōthara
accusative ōtharan, ōtharen ōthara, ōthare ōthara ōthara ōthar ōthar, ōthara
genitive ōthares, ōtharas ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero ōtharara, ōthararo ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero ōthares, ōtharas ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero
dative ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum ōthararo, ōthararu, ōtharara ōtharun, ōtharon ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum
Weak declension
gender masculine feminine neuter
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ōtharo, ōthara ōtharon, ōtharun ōthara, ōthare ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan ōthara, ōthare ōtharon, ōtharun
accusative ōtharon, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan ōthara, ōthare ōtharon, ōtharun
genitive ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharono, ōthareno ōtharun, ōtharan, ōtharen ōtharono ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharono, ōthareno
dative ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharun, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. wages, reward
  2. labour

Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. (medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
  2. ailment

Adjective

othar

  1. sick
  2. wounded, mutilated
  3. maimed
  4. weak
Derived terms
  • othrasach (“infirmary”)

References
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