fathach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aithech (“farmer, peasant”).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic athach.

Pronunciation

Noun

fathach m (genitive singular fathaigh, nominative plural fathaigh)

  1. giant
  2. giant star
  3. bear (big man)
    fathach fir ― a bear of a man

Declension

Declension of fathach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fathach fathaigh
vocative a fhathaigh a fhathacha
genitive fathaigh fathach
dative fathach fathaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fathach na fathaigh
genitive an fhathaigh na bhfathach
dative leis an bhfathach
don fhathach 		leis na fathaigh

Derived terms

  • banfhathach (“giantess”)
  • fathach dearg (“red giant”)
  • fathach fir (“huge man, giant of a man”)
  • fathach gorm (“blue giant”)
  • fathach-tuatha (“plebeian”)
  • finéal fathaigh (“giant fennel”)
  • fo-fhathach (“subgiant”)
  • obair fathaigh (“gigantic, herculean, task”)
  • ollfhathach (“supergiant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fathach
radical lenition eclipsis
fathach fhathach bhfathach

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 429, page 160
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 562, page 104
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 183, page 70

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