nath

See also: Nath and náð

Cornish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæːθ/

Noun

nath m (plural nathes)

  1. puffin
    Synonym: popa

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nath (“poetical composition”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *natus. Cognate to Welsh nâd.

Pronunciation

Noun

nath m (genitive singular natha, nominative plural nathanna)

  1. saying, adage, epigram
  2. (literary) poem

Declension

Declension of nath (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative nath nathanna
vocative a nath a nathanna
genitive natha nathanna
dative nath nathanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an nath na nathanna
genitive an natha na nathanna
dative leis an nath
don nath 		leis na nathanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cuir nath i (“to pay attention to”)
  • nath cainte
  • nathaí
  • nathán

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “nath”, 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, § 188, page 94

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology

From ne hath.

Contraction

nath

  1. hath not

References

Nuer

Noun

nath

  1. people
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