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othar

othar

See also: oðar

Irish

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)

  1. invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
  2. sickness, wound
  3. festering state; matter, pus

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
othar n-othar hothar unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoθar/

Noun 1

othar n, m

  1. work, labour
  2. wage, recompense, due

Synonyms

  • (work, labour): dúad, fognam, frithgnam, gním, lubair, monar, opar, saethar, úaithne

Noun 2

othar m

  1. sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
  2. state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
  3. a sick or wounded man
  4. lying ill or wounded
  5. a grave, burial-place

Alternative forms

  • uthar

Synonyms

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Inflection

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Descendants

Mutation

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

References

  • 1 othar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 othar, (uthar)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz.

Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

  1. other

Declension



Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. wages, reward
  2. labour

Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. (medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
  2. ailment

Adjective

othar

  1. sick
  2. wounded, mutilated
  3. maimed
  4. weak
Derived terms
  • othrasach (infirmary)

References

  • 1 othar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • 2 othar, (uthar)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.