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maoth

maoth

Irish

Alternative forms

Adjective

maoth (genitive singular masculine maoith, genitive singular feminine maoithe, plural maotha, comparative maoithe)

  1. soft, tender
  2. weak, enervate
  3. moist
  4. soppy, sentimental

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
maoth mhaoth unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish máeth, móeth (soft, tender, yielding), from Old Irish moíth.

Adjective

maoth (comparative maoithe)

  1. demulcent, moistened
  2. effeminate
  3. flaccid
  4. innocent, undefiled
  5. pliable, soft, gentle, tender, emollient

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9