aoldath

Irish

Etymology

From aol +‎ dath.

Noun

aoldath m (genitive singular aoldatha)

1. lime-colour; whitewash

Declension

Declension of aoldath

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aoldath Vocative a aoldath Genitive aoldatha Dative aoldath

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aoldath Genitive an aoldatha Dative leis an aoldath don aoldath

Related terms

• aoldathaigh (“whitewash”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aoldath	n-aoldath	haoldath	t-aoldath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoldath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “whitewash”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024