lúth
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish lúd, from Old Irish lúud, from Proto-Celtic *lūtus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic lùth and Welsh llid.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlúth m (genitive singular lúith or lútha)
- agility, mobility, ability to use one's limbs
- Synonyms: aclaíocht, luaineacht
- movement, motion
- Synonym: gluaiseacht
- vigour, power, strength
- (literary) joy, rejoicing
- Synonym: áthas
Declension
editAs a first-declension noun:
Declension of lúth
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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As a third-declension noun:
Declension of lúth
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Derived terms
edit- ar lúth (“swiftly, with vigor”)
- cleasa lúith (“athletic exercises, athletics”)
- lúth na teanga (“power of speech, a glib tongue”)
- lúthchleas (“athletic exercises, athletics”)
- tromán lúith (“dumbbell”)
Further reading
edit- “lúth”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish literary terms
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns