gaoth

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish gáeth.[4]

    Noun

    gaoth f (genitive singular gaoithe, nominative plural gaotha)

    1. wind, a breeze
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        ’S í an ghaoth do ghuth,
        ’s í an bháisteach do dheora...
        The wind is thy voice,
        the rain is thy tears...
    2. empty talk, bombast
    3. flatulence
    4. hint, suggestion
      Synonym: gaothach
    5. air
    6. (literary) breath
    Declension
    Declension of gaoth (second declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative gaoth gaotha
    vocative a ghaoth a ghaotha
    genitive gaoithe gaoth
    dative gaoth
    gaoith (archaic, dialectal)     		gaotha
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an ghaoth na gaotha
    genitive na gaoithe na ngaoth
    dative leis an ngaoth
    leis an ngaoith (archaic, dialectal)
    don ghaoth
    don ghaoith (archaic, dialectal)     		leis na gaotha
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish gáeth (“estuary”).[5]

      Noun

      gaoth m (genitive singular gaoith, nominative plural gaotha)

      1. inlet of sea, estuary
      Declension
      Declension of gaoth (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative gaoth gaotha
      vocative a ghaoith a ghaotha
      genitive gaoith gaoth
      dative gaoth gaotha
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an gaoth na gaotha
      genitive an ghaoith na ngaoth
      dative leis an ngaoth
      don ghaoth       		leis na gaotha
      • Alternative genitive singular: gaotha
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

        From Old Irish gáeth (“wise, skilful”).[6]

        Adjective

        gaoth (genitive singular masculine gaoith, genitive singular feminine gaoithe, plural gaotha, comparative gaoithe)

        1. (literary) wise, sagacious, shrewd, intelligent
        Declension
        Declension of gaoth
        Positive singular plural
        masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
        nominative gaoth ghaoth gaotha;
        ghaotha2
        vocative ghaoith gaotha
        genitive gaoithe gaotha gaoth
        dative gaoth;
        ghaoth1         		ghaoth;
        ghaoith (archaic)         		gaotha;
        ghaotha2
        Comparative níos gaoithe
        Superlative is gaoithe

        1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
        2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

        Mutation

        Mutated forms of gaoth
        radical lenition eclipsis
        gaoth ghaoth ngaoth

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

        References

        1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 100, page 55
        2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 131
        3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70
        4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
        5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
        6. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

        Further reading

        Scottish Gaelic

        Etymology

        From Old Irish gáeth.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ɡ̊ɯː/

        Noun

        gaoth f (genitive singular gaoithe, plural gaothan)

        1. wind
          Tha a' ghaoth ag èiridh. ― The wind is rising.
        2. (vulgar) flatulence

        Declension

        Declension of gaoth (class IIa feminine noun)
        indefinite
        singular plural
        nominative gaoth gaothan
        genitive gaoithe ghaoth
        dative gaoith gaothan; gaothaibh1
        definite
        singular plural
        nominative (a') ghaoth (na) gaothan
        genitive (na) gaoithe (nan) gaoth
        dative (a') ghaoith (na) gaothan; gaothaibh1
        vocative ghaoth ghaotha

        1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

        • Alternative genitive singular: gaoitheadh (Southern Hebridean, Skye)

        Derived terms

        References

        • Edward Dwelly (1911), “gaoth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
        • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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