luath
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha)
Declension edit
Declension of luath
- Alternative comparative form: luathcha (Cois Fharraige)
Synonyms edit
- (quick, fast): sciobtha
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
luath (comparative luaithe)
- fast, swift, fleet, nimble, quick, speedy
- each luath ― a fleet horse
- early, soon
- 1987 July 1, Joe Neil MacNeil, John Shaw, Tales Until Dawn: The World of a Cape Breton Gaelic Story-Teller, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 276:
- Agus cha bu luaithe a chuir esan an t-eun anns an eunain òrach na thànaig sgriach as an eun a bha oillteil agus dhùisg a h-uile duine a bh' as a' chairteal […]
- And no sooner had he put the bird in the golden birdhouse than came a screech from the bird that was horrible and woke up everyone in the quarter […]
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish lúaith (“ashes, dust”), from Proto-Celtic *loutus. Cognate with Welsh lludw.
Noun edit
luath f (genitive singular luaithe or luatha, no plural)
- ash (from fire)
- luath bholcàno ― volcanic ash