gaothach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gáethach.[1] By surface analysis, gaoth +‎ -ach.

Adjective

gaothach (genitive singular masculine gaothaigh, genitive singular feminine gaothaí, plural gaothacha, comparative gaothaí)

  1. windy
    Synonym: gaofar
Declension
Declension of gaothach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gaothach ghaothach gaothacha;
ghaothacha2
vocative ghaothaigh gaothacha
genitive gaothaí gaothacha gaothach
dative gaothach;
ghaothach1 		ghaothach;
ghaothaigh (archaic) 		gaothacha;
ghaothacha2
Comparative níos gaothaí
Superlative is gaothaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

Noun

gaothach f (genitive singular gaothaí, nominative plural gaothacha)

  1. synonym of gaoth (“wind”)
Declension
Declension of gaothach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gaothach gaothacha
vocative a ghaothach a ghaothacha
genitive gaothaí gaothach
dative gaothach
gaothaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		gaothacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghaothach na gaothacha
genitive na gaothaí na ngaothach
dative leis an ngaothach
leis an ngaothaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghaothach
don ghaothaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na gaothacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of gaothach
radical lenition eclipsis
gaothach ghaothach ngaothach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaothach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “gaothach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gáethach.[1] By surface analysis, gaoth +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɯː.əx/

Adjective

gaothach (genitive singular masculine gaothaich, comparative gaothaiche)

  1. windy
  2. flatulent

Mutation

Mutation of gaothach
radical lenition
gaothach ghaothach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gaothach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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