lúath
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *ɸloutos (“flowing, swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-. Cognate with English float, Old Norse fljótr (“swift”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō, “I sail”), Latin pluit (“it rains”), and Sanskrit प्लवते (plavate, “swim, fly”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lúath
Inflection
[edit]| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lúath | lúath | lúath |
| Vocative | lúaith* lúath** | ||
| Accusative | lúath | lúaith | |
| Genitive | lúaith | lúaithe | lúaith |
| Dative | lúath | lúaith | lúath |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | lúaith | lúatha | |
| Vocative | lúathu lúatha† | ||
| Accusative | lúathu lúatha† | ||
| Genitive | lúath | ||
| Dative | lúathaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| lúath also llúath after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
lúath pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 lúath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language