dlúth
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠl̪ˠuːh/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠlˠuː/, /d̪ˠl̪ˠuː/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠəˈluː/[1]
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish dlúth, from Proto-Celtic *dluti-, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly sharing a Proto-Indo-European root with Ancient Greek θλάω (thláō, “to bruise”); also compare φλάω (phláō).[2]
Adjective edit
dlúth (genitive singular masculine dlúith, genitive singular feminine dlúithe, plural dlútha, comparative dlúithe)
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dlúth | dhlúth | dlútha; dhlútha² | |
Vocative | dhlúith | dlútha | ||
Genitive | dlúithe | dlútha | dlúth | |
Dative | dlúth; dhlúth¹ |
dhlúth; dhlúith (archaic) |
dlútha; dhlútha² | |
Comparative | níos dlúithe | |||
Superlative | is dlúithe |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
- ceirnín dlúth (“compact disc”)
- dlúfar (“close-set, compact”, adjective)
- dlús m (“compactness”)
- dlúthacht f
- dlúthaigh (“to compress”, verb)
- dlúthbhaint f (“close contact”)
- dlúthchaidreamh m (“close intimacy”)
- dlúthchéimseata f (“solid geometry”)
- dlútheagar m (“close order”)
- dlúthógach (“solid”, adjective)
- dlúthpháirtíochas m (“solidarism”)
- dlúthpháirtíocht f (“solidarity”)
- dlúthuillinn f (“solid angle”)
Noun edit
dlúth m (genitive singular dlúith)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- dlúthadóir m (“warp-setter”)
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 266
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dlùth”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
See dlúthaigh.
Verb edit
dlúth (present analytic dlúthann, future analytic dlúthfaidh, verbal noun dlúthadh, past participle dlúta)
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of dlúthaigh (“to compress, tighten”)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
dlúth
- Alternative form of dlú
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dlúth | dhlúth | ndlúth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dlúth, dlúith ‘close, compact, dense’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 dlúth ‘warp, thread’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “dlúth” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “dlúth” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dlúth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70