lathach
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See also: -lathach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish lathach (“mire, puddle”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Aran) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɑːx/[3], /ˈl̪ˠɑhəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠaiç/[4] (as if spelled laith; probably a back-formation from the genitive laithche)
Noun
[edit]lathach f (genitive singular lathaí or laithche)
- mud (mixture of soil and water), puddle (homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit), slush (liquid mud or mire)
Declension
[edit]Declension of lathach
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 224
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 179
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 55
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lathach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lathach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “lathach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024