iath

See also: íath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íath (“grassland”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸētu, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH-tu- (“rich grassland, prairy”), an extension of *peyH- (“fat, milk”).[1] Compare Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).

Noun

iath f (genitive singular iaithe, nominative plural iatha)

  1. (literary) land, meadow
  2. (literary) estate, territory, country

Declension
Declension of iath

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iath iatha
Vocative a iath a iatha
Genitive iaithe iath
Dative iath
iaith (archaic, dialectal)		 iatha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an iath na hiatha
Genitive na hiaithe na n-iath
Dative leis an iath
leis an iaith (archaic, dialectal)

don iath
don iaith (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na hiatha

Derived terms
  • iathchloch (“feldspar”)

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

iath (past dh'iath, future iathaidh, verbal noun iathadh, past participle iadhte)

  1. Alternative form of iadh
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