gath

See also: Gath

Albanian

Etymology

Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Dutch kwast (tassel), Czech hvozd (dense forest)).[1]

Noun

gath m (plural gathë, definite gathi)

  1. catkin, ament
  2. goat's dewlap

Synonyms

  • rezhdë
  • gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)

References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 187-8

Irish

Noun

gath m pl

  1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gath ghath ngath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (spear), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, shepherd's crook), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡah/
  • Hyphenation: gath

Noun

gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)

  1. beam, ray (of light)
  2. barb, thorn
  3. spear, javelin
  4. arrow, dart
  5. sting (of an insect)
  6. knot, lump

Declension

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

  • (arrow): bogha (bow)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
gathghath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːθ/

Noun

gath

  1. Soft mutation of cath (cat).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cath gath nghath chath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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