àth

See also: ath, áth, ath-, aþ, að, and -aþ

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːh/, [aː]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áth (compare Manx aah, Irish áth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun

àth m (genitive singular àth, plural àthan)

1. (geography) ford

Etymology 2

From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from Proto-Celtic *ātis, from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter, Serbo-Croatian vȁtra).

Noun

àth f (genitive singular àtha, plural àthan or àthannan)

1. kiln

Declension

Declension of àth (type IVb feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	àth	àthan
Genitive	àtha	àthan
Dative	àtha	àthan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) àth	(na) h-àthan
Genitive	(na) h-àtha	(nan) àthan
Dative	(an) àtha	(na) h-àthan
Vocative	(a) àth	(a) àthan

Declension of àth (type IVb feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	àth	àthannan
Genitive	àtha	àthannan
Dative	àtha	àthannan
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) àth	(na) h-àthannan
Genitive	(na) h-àtha	(nan) àthannan
Dative	(an) àtha	(na) h-àthannan
Vocative	(a) àth	(a) àthannan

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “àth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language