othar

See also: oðar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish othar (“sickness, illness; state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance; a sick or wounded man”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔhəɾˠ/

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)

  1. invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
  2. sickness, wound
  3. festering state; matter, pus

Declension

Declension of othar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative othar othair
vocative a othair a othara
genitive othair othar
dative othar othair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-othar na hothair
genitive an othair na n-othar
dative leis an othar
don othar 		leis na hothair

Derived terms

  • cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
  • fear othair (“sick, wounded, man”)
  • liosta othar (“sick list”)
  • othar seachtrach (“out-patient”)
  • otharcharr (“ambulance”)
  • otharlann (“infirmary, sickbay”)
  • otharluí (“invalid state, sick-bed; burial-place, grave”)
  • otharthraein (“ambulance train”)
  • othras (“sickness, illness; ulcer”)
  • othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
  • othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
  • othrasú (“ulceration”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of othar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
othar n-othar hothar not applicable

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

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoθar/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

othar n or m

  1. work, labour
  2. wage, recompense, due
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸutros, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“foul, rotten”).[1]

Noun

othar m

  1. sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
  2. state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
  3. a sick or wounded man
  4. lying ill or wounded
  5. a grave, burial-place
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative othar otharL uithirL, othairL
vocative uithir, othairL otharL othruH
accusative otharN otharL othruH
genitive uithirL, othairL othar otharN
dative othurL othraib othraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Alternative forms
  • uthar
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Irish: othar
  • Scottish Gaelic: othar

Mutation

Mutation of othar
radical lenition nasalization
othar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 othar n-othar

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

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “848-49”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 848-49

Further reading

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

  1. other

Declension

Positive forms of ōthar
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ōthar ōthar ōthar ōthare, ōthara ōthara ōthar, ōthara
accusative ōtharan, ōtharen ōthara ōthar ōthara, ōthare ōthara ōthar, ōthara
genitive ōthares, ōtharas ōtharara, ōthararo ōthares, ōtharas ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero ōthararo, ōtharoro, ōtharero
dative ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōthararo, ōthararu, ōtharara ōtharumu, ōtharum, ōtharun, ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum ōtharun, ōtharon ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharum
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ōtharo, ōthara ōthara, ōthare ōthara, ōthare ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun
accusative ōtharon, ōtharan ōtharun, ōtharon, ōtharan ōthara, ōthare ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharon, ōtharun, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun
genitive ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharun, ōtharan, ōtharen ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharono, ōthareno ōtharono ōtharono, ōthareno
dative ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharun, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharen, ōtharan ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharon, ōtharun ōtharon, ōtharun

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. wages, reward
  2. labour

Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. (medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
  2. ailment

Adjective

othar

  1. sick
  2. wounded, mutilated
  3. maimed
  4. weak
Derived terms
  • othrasach (“infirmary”)

References

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