tláith

Irish

From Middle Irish tláith (whence Scottish Gaelic tlàth), from Proto-Celtic *tlātis (compare Welsh tlawd (“poor, sick”)), from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“to support”)[1]

tláith (genitive singular feminine tláithe, plural tláithe, comparative tláithe)

Declension of tláith

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	tláith	thláith	tláithe; thláithe²
Vocative	thláith	thláith	tláithe
Genitive	thláith	tláithe	tláithe	tláith
Dative	tláith; thláith¹	thláith	tláithe; thláithe²
Comparative	níos tláithe
Superlative	is tláithe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tláith	thláith	dtláith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tlāti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380

“tláith”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tláith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tláiṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 737
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tláith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14

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