fáth
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.
Noun
fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)
Declension
Declension of fáth
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fáth | fháth | bhfáth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fáth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faːθ/
Inflection
| Masculine u-stem | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | fáth | fáthL | fáthae |
| Vocative | fáth | fáthL | fáthu |
| Accusative | fáthN | fáthL | fáthu |
| Genitive | fáthoH, fáthaH | fátho, fátha | fáthaeN |
| Dative | fáthL | fáthaib | fáthaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- fáthach
- fáthaige
- fáthamail
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fáth | ḟáth | fáth pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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