túath

See also: tuath

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuːa̯θ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Noun

túath f (genitive túaithe, nominative plural túatha)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	túath^L	túaith^L	túatha^H
vocative	túath^L	túaith^L	túatha^H
accusative	túaith^N	túaith^L	túatha^H
genitive	túaithe^H	túath^L	túath^N
dative	túaith^L	túathaib	túathaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: tuath
Manx: theay
Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 túath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *toustos (“left”).

Noun

túath m

north
left

Descendants

Irish: thuaidh
Manx: twoaie
Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 túath-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Mutation of *túath*
radical	lenition	nasalization
túath	thúath	túath pronounced with /d-/

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