lúaith

See also: luaith

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *loutus.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /l͈uːə̯θʲ/
• (later) IPA^(key): /l͈uːə̯hʲ/

Noun

lúaith f

1. ashes, dust

Derived terms

• lúaitherda
• lúaithred
• lúaithremail

Descendants

• Irish: luaith
• Manx: leoie
• Scottish Gaelic: luath²

Mutation

Mutation of lúaith

radical	lenition	nasalization
lúaith	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúaith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language