lathach
See also: -lathach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
lathach 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 edit
Declension 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
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
- Entries containing “lathach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “lathach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.