árthach
Irish
Alternative forms
- árthrach, artharach (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish arthrach (“ferrying; ferry boat”).
Noun
árthach m (genitive singular árthaigh, nominative plural árthaí)
- ship, vessel, craft (vehicle designed for navigation)
- Synonym: soitheach
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
- Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.
- They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not surprising.
- container
Declension
Declension of árthach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- aerárthach
- árthach ceannaigh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| árthach | n-árthach | hárthach | t-árthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 189
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 17
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 arthrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “árṫraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 41
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “árthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “árthach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “árthach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “árthach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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