soitheach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • soidhtheach, soightheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish soithech.

Pronunciation

Noun

soitheach m (genitive singular soithigh, nominative plural soithí)

  1. vessel, container, dish
    Synonyms: áras, árthach, leastar
  2. (mathematics) container
  3. craft, vessel (boat, ship)
    Synonyms: árthach, bád

Declension
Declension of soitheach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative soitheach soithí
Vocative a shoithigh a shoithí
Genitive soithigh soithí
Dative soitheach soithí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an soitheach na soithí
Genitive an tsoithigh na soithí
Dative leis an soitheach

don soitheach

 leis na soithí

Derived terms
  • éadach na soithí (“tea towel”)
  • soitheach an rí (“cutter”)
  • soitheach boilgeog (“bubble chamber”)
  • soitheach coipthe (“fermenter”)
  • soitheach éadaigh (“sailing ship”)
  • soitheach fola (“blood vessel”)
  • soitheach guail (“collier”)
  • soitheach imoibriúcháin (“reactor”)
  • Soitheach Naofa (“Holy Grail”)
  • soitheach plandaí (“planter”)
  • soitheach téite (“heater”)
  • soitheach-chrapadh (“vasoconstriction”)
  • soitheach-chrapthach (“vasoconstrictor”)
  • soitheachleatheadh (“vasodilation”)
  • soitheachleathóir (“vasodilator”)
  • soithí poircealláin (“china”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soitheach shoitheach
after an, tsoitheach		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish soithech.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɤ.əx/, /ˈs̪ɛ.əx/

Noun

soitheach m or f (genitive singular soithich or soithiche, plural soithichean)

  1. dish, vessel
  2. pitcher, container
  3. ship, vessel
  4. vial m

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
soitheachshoitheach
after "an", t-soitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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