fáth

See also: fath, Fath, and fəth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)

  1. cause
  2. reason
    Níl fáth agam le fanacht.
    I have no reason to stay.

Declension

Declension of fáth (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fáth fáthanna
vocative a fháth a fháthanna
genitive fátha fáthanna
dative fáth fáthanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fáth na fáthanna
genitive an fhátha na bhfáthanna
dative leis an bhfáth
don fháth 		leis na fáthanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáth
radical lenition eclipsis
fáth fháth bhfáth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸaːθ]

Noun

fáth m

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive, object
  3. subject, matter
  4. prophecy
  5. composition, maxim

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fáth fáthL fáthae
vocative fáth fáthL fáthu
accusative fáthN fáthL fáthu
genitive fáthoH, fáthaH fátho, fátha fáthaeN
dative fáthL fáthaib fáthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • fáthach
  • fáthaige
  • fáthamail

Descendants

  • Irish: fáth
  • Manx: fa
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàth

Mutation

Mutation of fáth
radical lenition nasalization
fáth ḟáth fáth
pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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