laithe

English

Noun

laithe (plural laithes)

  1. (Northern England) Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a field barn”).
    • 1999, Nicholas Crane, Two Degrees West, London: Viking, page 96:
      Sprinkled across the scalloped valley were toylike field barns, 'laithes', that had once stored hay and given cattle shelter through the winter.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *latyom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁t- (“warm part of the year”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lěto n (“summer, year”).[1] Probably unrelated to lá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaθʲe]

Noun

laithe n

  1. day, daytime, daylight
    Synonym: lá

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative laitheN laitheL laitheL
vocative laitheN laitheL laitheL
accusative laitheN laitheL laitheL
genitive laithiL laitheL laitheN
dative laithiuL laithib laithib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Scottish Gaelic: latha

Mutation

Mutation of laithe
radical lenition nasalization
laithe
also llaithe in h-prothesis environments		 laithe
pronounced with /l-/		 laithe
also llaithe

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “latyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 233–234

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