láth

See also: lath, laþ, and láð

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /l̪ˠɑː/
  • Homophone: lá

Etymology 1

From Old Irish láth, from Proto-Celtic *lāto- (“ardor, furor”), which Matasovic considers related to *lāyko- (“warrior”), which could itself be borrowed from Latin laicus, or otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“military action”),[1] see also Hittite [script needed] (laḫḫa-, “campaign”), Phrygian λαϝαγταει (lawagtaei).[2]

Noun

láth m (genitive singular láith)

  1. heat (in animals), rut
Declension
Declension of láth

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative láth
Vocative a láith
Genitive láith
Dative láth

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an láth
Genitive an láith
Dative leis an láth

don láth

Synonyms
  • láthadh
  • láthaíocht

Etymology 2

Conflated with Etymology 1 above.

Noun

láth m (genitive singular láith, nominative plural láith)

  1. (literary) warrior
Declension
Declension of láth

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative láth láith
Vocative a láith a látha
Genitive láith láth
Dative láth láith

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an láth na láith
Genitive an láith na láth
Dative leis an láth

don láth

 leis na láith
Alternative forms

References
  1. Douglas & Adams
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lato”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
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