gath

See also: Gath

Albanian

Etymology

Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Dutch kwast (“tassel”), Czech hvozd (“dense forest”)).[1][2]

Noun

gath m (plural gathë, definite gathi) (botany)

  1. catkin, ament
  2. goat's dewlap

Synonyms

  • rezhdë
  • gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 187-8
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gath”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 111

Further reading

  • “gath”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980

Irish

Noun

gath m pl

  1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga

Mutation

Mutated forms of gath
radical lenition eclipsis
gath ghath ngath

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's crook”), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡah/
  • Hyphenation: gath

Noun

gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)

  1. beam, ray (of light)
  2. barb, thorn
  3. spear, javelin
  4. arrow, dart
  5. sting (of an insect)
  6. knot, lump

Declension

Declension of gath (type IVb masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative gath gathan
genitive gatha ghathan
dative gatha gathan
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) gath (na) gathan
genitive (a') ghatha (nan) gathan
dative (a') ghatha (na) gathan
vocative ghath ghathan

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • (arrow): bogha (“bow”)

Mutation

Mutation of gath
radical lenition
gath ghath

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “gath”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 326
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 goth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːθ/

Noun

gath

  1. soft mutation of cath (“cat”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cath
radical soft nasal aspirate
cath gath nghath chath

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

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