Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish othrus (“the state of being ill, illness”).
Noun
othras m (genitive singular othrais, nominative plural othrais)
- (medicine) sickness, illness
- Synonym: galar
- ulcer
Declension
Declension of othras (first declension)
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Derived terms
- othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
- othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
- othrasú m (“ulceration”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of othras
radical |
eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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othras
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n-othras
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hothras
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “othras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “othrus, (uthrus)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language