dath

From Old Irish dath (“colour, dye”).^[1]

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠax/
• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑh/^[2]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠah/^[3]

dath m (genitive singular datha, nominative plural dathanna or datha)

1. colour, pigment
2. tint
3. dye

With strong plural:

With weak plural:

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dath	dhath	ndath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “daṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 225
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dath”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dath”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• dād, dāt

dāth m

1. death

Declension of dāth (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	dāth	dāthar, dātha
genitive	dāthes	dātha
dative	dāthe	dāthum, dāthem
accusative	dāth	dāthar, dātha

• Saterland Frisian: Dood
• West Frisian: dead

• IPA^(key): /daθ/

dath n

1. colour
2. dye

Neuter u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dathN	dathL	dathL, datha
Vocative	dathN	dathL	dath
Accusative	dathN	dathL	dath
Genitive	dathoH, dathaH	dathoN, dathaN	dathN
Dative	dathL	dathaib	dathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: dath
• Manx: daah
• Scottish Gaelic: dath

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
dath	dath pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

From Old Irish dath (“colour, dye”).

• IPA^(key): /tah/

dath m (genitive singular datha, plural dathan)

1. colour, pigment

   Amhairc an dath bàn-dhearg nam bilean.

   Behold the pink color of the lips.

• dà-dhathach (“bicolour, bicoloured, particoloured”)
• dath-uisge

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc