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gath

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Dutch kwast (tassel), Czech hvozd (dense forest)).[1]

Noun

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gath m (plural gathë, definite gathi)

  1. catkin, ament
  2. goat's dewlap

Synonyms

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  • gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)

References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 187-8

Irish

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Noun

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gath m pl

  1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gath
radical lenition eclipsis
gath ghath ngath

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (spear), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, shepherd's crook), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡah/
  • Hyphenation: gath

Noun

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gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)

  1. beam, ray (of light)
  2. barb, thorn
  3. spear, javelin
  4. arrow, dart
  5. sting (of an insect)
  6. knot, lump

Declension

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Declension of gath (type IVb masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative gath gathan
genitive gatha ghathan
dative gatha gathan
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) gath (na) gathan
genitive (a') ghatha (nan) gathan
dative (a') ghatha (na) gathan
vocative ghath ghathan

Synonyms

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Coordinate terms

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  • (arrow): bogha (bow)

Mutation

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Mutation of gath
radical lenition
gath ghath

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

References

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gath

  1. Soft mutation of cath (cat).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cath
radical soft nasal aspirate
cath gath nghath chath

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