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gaothach

Irish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish gáethach.[1] By surface analysis, gaoth +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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gaothach (genitive singular masculine gaothaigh, genitive singular feminine gaothaí, plural gaothacha, comparative gaothaí)

  1. windy
    Synonym: gaofar
Declension
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Declension of gaothach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gaothach ghaothach gaothacha;
ghaothacha²
Vocative ghaothaigh gaothacha
Genitive gaothaí gaothacha gaothach
Dative gaothach;
ghaothach¹ 		ghaothach;
ghaothaigh (archaic) 		gaothacha;
ghaothacha²
Comparative níos gaothaí
Superlative is gaothaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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gaothach f (genitive singular gaothaí, nominative plural gaothacha)

  1. Synonym of gaoth (“wind”)
Declension
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Declension of gaothach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gaothach gaothacha
Vocative a ghaothach a ghaothacha
Genitive gaothaí gaothach
Dative gaothach
gaothaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		gaothacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghaothach na gaothacha
Genitive na gaothaí na ngaothach
Dative leis an ngaothach
leis an ngaothaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don ghaothach
don ghaothaigh (archaic, dialectal)

leis na gaothacha

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gaothach ghaothach ngaothach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish gáethach.[1] By surface analysis, gaoth +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gaothach (genitive singular masculine gaothaich, comparative gaothaiche)

  1. windy
  2. flatulent

Mutation

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Mutation of gaothach
radical lenition
gaothach ghaothach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gáethach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gaothach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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