alathe

Irish

Etymology

From ala- +‎ te (“hot, warm”).

Adjective

alathe (genitive singular masculine alathe, genitive singular feminine alathe, plural alatheo, comparative alatheo or alatheocha)

1. lukewarm

   Synonyms: alabhog, bog, bogthe

Declension

Declension of alathe

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	alathe	alathe	alatheo
vocative	alathe		alatheo
genitive		alathe	alatheo	alathe
dative	alathe	alathe	alatheo
Comparative	níos alatheo
Superlative	is alatheo

Mutation

Mutated forms of alathe

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alathe	n-alathe	halathe	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alathe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN