gaoth

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡeːh/^[1]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡiː/, (older) /ɡɯː/^[2][3]

From Old Irish gáeth.^[4]

gaoth f (genitive singular gaoithe, nominative plural gaotha)

2. wind, a breeze
   • "Sigma", by Secret Garden

     ’S í an ghaoth do ghuth,
     ’s í an bháisteach do dheora...

     The wind is thy voice,
     the rain is thy tears...

3. empty talk, bombast
4. flatulence
5. hint, suggestion

   Synonym: gaothach

6. air
7. (literary) breath

• Alternative plural: gaothanna (Cois Fharraige)

From Old Irish gáeth (“estuary”).^[5]

gaoth m (genitive singular gaoith, nominative plural gaotha)

1. inlet of sea, estuary

• Alternative genitive singular: gaotha

• Gaoth Dobhair

From Old Irish gáeth (“wise, skilful”).^[6]

gaoth (genitive singular masculine gaoith, genitive singular feminine gaoithe, plural gaotha, comparative gaoithe)

1. (literary) wise, sagacious, shrewd, intelligent

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaoth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Old Irish gáeth.

• IPA^(key): /kɯː/

gaoth f (genitive singular gaoithe, plural gaothan)

1. wind

   Tha a' ghaoth ag èiridh. ― The wind is rising.

2. (vulgar) flatulence

• Alternative genitive singular: gaoitheadh (Uist, Barra)

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gaoth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gáeth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language