àth

See also: ath, áth, ath-, aþ, að, and -aþ

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːh/, [aː]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áth (compare Manx aah, Irish áth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun

àth m (genitive singular àth, plural àthan)

1. (geography) ford

Etymology 2

From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from Proto-Celtic *ātis, from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter, Serbo-Croatian vȁtra).

Noun

àth f (genitive singular àtha, plural àthan or àthannan)

1. kiln

Declension

Declension of àth (type IVb feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	àth	àthan
genitive	àtha	àthan
dative	àtha	àthan; àthaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) àth	(na) h-àthan
genitive	(na) h-àtha	(nan) àthan
dative	(an) àtha	(na) h-àthan; h-àthaibh✝
vocative	àth	àthan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of àth (type IVb feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	àth	àthannan
genitive	àtha	àthannan
dative	àtha	àthannan; àthaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) àth	(na) h-àthannan
genitive	(na) h-àtha	(nan) àthannan
dative	(an) àtha	(na) h-àthannan; h-àthaibh✝
vocative	àth	àthannan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

• Alternative dative singular: àthaidh (Uist)
• Alternative genitive singular: àthadh (Uist)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “àth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language