loathar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

lóthor, lóthur

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lowatrom.

Noun

loathar n

liquid-holding vessel

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	loathar^N	loathar^N	loathar^L, lóthra
vocative	loathar^N	loathar^N	loathar^L, lóthra
accusative	loathar^N	loathar^N	loathar^L, lóthra
genitive	loathair^L	loathar	loathar^N
dative	loathar^L	lóthraib	lóthraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Middle Irish: lóthar

Mutation

Mutation of *loathar*
radical	lenition	nasalization
loathar also lloathar in h-prothesis environments	loathar pronounced with /l-/	loathar also lloathar

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

Further reading

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