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úathad

úathad

Old Irish

Noun

úathad n

  1. a small number, a few
  2. (grammar) the singular number
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
  • óthad
  • úaithed
Derived terms
  • úath (a few, adverb)
  • úathaide (singular, adj)
  • úathaigid (makes, becomes few, verb)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

úathad ?

  1. (phonology) lenition, the mark of aspiration
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Noun

úathad ?

  1. diminishing, making few
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
úathad unchanged n-úathad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 úathad, óthad, úaithed” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 úathad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 3 úathad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), §§60, 63