lathach

See also: -lathach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • laitheach

Etymology

From Old Irish lathach (“mire, puddle”),[1] from Old Irish loth (“mud, mire”) +‎ -ach.[2]

MacBain derived this from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).[3]

Matasović suggests Proto-Celtic *lutā (“mud, dirt”) from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”).[4]

Pronunciation

  • (Galway) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɑːx/[5], /ˈl̪ˠɑhəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠaiç/[6] (probably a back-formation from the genitive laithche)

Noun

lathach f (genitive singular lathaí or laithche)

  1. mud (mixture of soil and water), puddle (homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit), slush (liquid mud or mire)
    Synonyms: láib, puiteach, lábán, pluda

Declension

Declension of lathach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative lathach
vocative a lathach
genitive lathaí, laithche
dative lathach
lathaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an lathach
genitive na lathaí, laithche
dative leis an lathach
leis an lathaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don lathach
don lathaigh (archaic, dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 loth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 224
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lutā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-50
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 179
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 55

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