othras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish othrus (“the state of being ill, illness”).

Noun

othras m (genitive singular othrais, nominative plural othrais)

1. (medicine) sickness, illness

   Synonym: galar

2. ulcer

Declension

Declension of othras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative othras othrais Vocative a othrais a othrasa Genitive othrais othras Dative othras othrais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-othras na hothrais Genitive an othrais na n-othras Dative leis an othras don othras leis na hothrais

Derived terms

• othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
• othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
• othrasú m (“ulceration”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
othras	n-othras	hothras	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “othras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “othrus, (uthrus)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language