lúaith

See also: luaith

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *loutus.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /l͈uːə̯θʲ/
• (later) IPA^(key): /l͈uːə̯hʲ/

Noun

lúaith f

1. ashes, dust

Derived terms

• lúaitherda
• lúaithred
• lúaithremail

Descendants

• Irish: luaith
• Manx: leoie
• Scottish Gaelic: luath²

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lúaith	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúaith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language