láth

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See also: lath, laþ, and láð

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish láth, from Proto-Celtic *lāt- (ardor, furor), which Matasovic considers related to *lāyko- (warrior), which could itself be borrowed from Latin laicus, or otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (military action),[1] see also Hittite [script needed] (laḫḫa-, campaign), Phrygian λαϝαγταει (lawagtaei).[2]

Noun

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láth m (genitive singular láith)

  1. heat (in animals), rut
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Etymology 2

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Conflated with Etymology 1 above.

Noun

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láth m (genitive singular láith, nominative plural láith)

  1. (literary) warrior
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References

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  1. ^ Douglas & Adams
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lato”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 233