lúth

See also: luth, Luth, and lùth

Irish

Alternative forms

• lúd, lúdh, lútháil

Etymology

From Middle Irish lúd, from Old Irish lúud, from Proto-Celtic *lūtus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic lùth and Welsh llid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuː(h)/

Noun

lúth m (genitive singular lúith or lútha)

1. agility, mobility, ability to use one's limbs

   Synonyms: aclaíocht, luaineacht

2. movement, motion

   Synonym: gluaiseacht

3. vigour, power, strength

   Synonyms: fuinneamh, cumhacht, neart

4. (literary) joy, rejoicing

   Synonym: áthas

Declension

As a first-declension noun:

Declension of lúth (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative lúth vocative a lúith genitive lúith dative lúth forms with the definite article case singular nominative an lúth genitive an lúith dative leis an lúth don lúth

As a third-declension noun:

Declension of lúth (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative lúth vocative a lúth genitive lútha dative lúth forms with the definite article case singular nominative an lúth genitive an lútha dative leis an lúth don lúth

Derived terms

• ar lúth (“swiftly, with vigor”)
• cleasa lúith (“athletic exercises, athletics”)
• lúth na teanga (“power of speech, a glib tongue”)
• lúthchleas (“athletic exercises, athletics”)
• tromán lúith (“dumbbell”)

Further reading

• “lúth”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70