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gaoithe

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gaoithe

  1. genitive singular of gaoth (“wind”)
  2. plural of ga (“spear, dart; ray”)

Adjective

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gaoithe

  1. inflection of gaoth (“wise”):
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gaoithe
radical lenition eclipsis
gaoithe ghaoithe ngaoithe

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44

Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gaoithe f

  1. genitive singular of gaoth

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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