luaithreach

• luaithre, luaithreadh^[1]

From older luaithreadh (from Old Irish lúaithred^[2]) + -ach.

luaithreach m (genitive singular luaithrigh)

1. ashes

   déan luaithreach de ― to reduce to ashes

2. dust

• caith sacéadach agus luaithreach (“to wear sackcloth and ashes”)
• Céadaoin an Luaithrigh (“Ash Wednesday”)
• próca luaithrigh (“cinerary urn”)

• luaith

luaithreach (genitive singular masculine luaithrigh, genitive singular feminine luaithrí, plural luaithreacha, comparative luaithrí)

1. Synonym of luaithriúil (“ashen”)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “luaiṫreaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 447
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “luaithreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN