lathach
See also: -lathach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish lathach (“mire, puddle”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (Aran) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɑːx/[3], /ˈl̪ˠɑhəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠaiç/[4] (as if spelled laith; probably a back-formation from the genitive laithche)
Noun
editlathach f (genitive singular lathaí or laithche)
- mud (mixture of soil and water), puddle (homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit), slush (liquid mud or mire)
Declension
editDeclension of lathach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 224
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 179
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 55
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lathach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lathach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “lathach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024