íath
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *ɸeitu, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat, milk”).[1]
Noun
[edit]íath m[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | íath | íathL | íathae |
| Vocative | íath | íathL | íathu |
| Accusative | íathN | íathL | íathu |
| Genitive | íathoH, íathaH | íatho, íatha | íathaeN |
| Dative | íathL | íathaib | íathaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| íath (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-íath |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language