túath

See also: tuath

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːa̯θ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Noun

túath f (genitive túaithe, nominative plural túatha)

1. tribe
2. laity
3. people
4. tribal territory

Declension

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	túathL	túaithL	túathaH
vocative	túathL	túaithL	túathaH
accusative	túaithN	túaithL	túathaH
genitive	túaitheH	túathL	túathN
dative	túaithL	túathaib	túathaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: tuath
• Manx: theay
• Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *toustos (“left”).

Noun

túath m

1. north
2. left

Descendants

• Irish: thuaidh
• Manx: twoaie
• Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túath-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of túath

radical	lenition	nasalization
túath	thúath	túath pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.