soitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

• soidhtheach, soightheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish soithech.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠɑhəx/ (as if spelled sathach)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /sˠeːx/, /sˠəix/

Noun

soitheach m (genitive singular soithigh, nominative plural soithí)

1. vessel, container, dish

   Synonyms: áras, árthach, leastar

2. (mathematics) container
3. craft, vessel (boat, ship)

   Synonyms: árthach, bád

Declension

Declension of soitheach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative soitheach soithí Vocative a shoithigh a shoithí Genitive soithigh soithí Dative soitheach soithí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an soitheach na soithí Genitive an tsoithigh na soithí Dative leis an soitheach don soitheach leis na soithí

Derived terms

• éadach na soithí (“tea towel”)
• soitheach an rí (“cutter”)
• soitheach boilgeog (“bubble chamber”)
• soitheach coipthe (“fermenter”)
• soitheach éadaigh (“sailing ship”)
• soitheach fola (“blood vessel”)
• soitheach guail (“collier”)
• soitheach imoibriúcháin (“reactor”)
• Soitheach Naofa (“Holy Grail”)
• soitheach plandaí (“planter”)
• soitheach téite (“heater”)
• soitheach-chrapadh (“vasoconstriction”)
• soitheach-chrapthach (“vasoconstrictor”)
• soitheachleatheadh (“vasodilation”)
• soitheachleathóir (“vasodilator”)
• soithí poircealláin (“china”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
soitheach	shoitheach after an, tsoitheach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “soitheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish soithech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɤ.əx/, /ˈs̪ɛ.əx/

Noun

soitheach m or f (genitive singular soithich or soithiche, plural soithichean)

1. dish, vessel
2. pitcher, container
3. ship, vessel
4. vial m

Derived terms

• soitheach-luaithre
• soitheach-stiùir

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
soitheach	shoitheach after "an", t-soitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.