fáth

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See also: fath, Fath, and fəth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (inspired utterance) (compare Welsh gwawd (song, praise, poetry)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)

  1. cause
  2. reason
    Níl fáth agam le fanacht.
    I have no reason to stay.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fáth fháth bhfáth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wātus (inspired utterance) (compare Welsh gwawd (song, praise, poetry)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fáth m

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive, object
  3. subject, matter
  4. prophecy
  5. composition, maxim

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fáth fáthL fáthae
Vocative fáth fáthL fáthu
Accusative fáthN fáthL fáthu
Genitive fáthoH, fáthaH fátho, fátha fáthaeN
Dative fáthL fáthaib fáthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: fáth
  • Manx: fa
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàth

Mutation

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