aodach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish étach (compare modern Irish éadach).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɯːt̪əx/

Noun

aodach m (genitive singular aodaich, plural aodaichean)

  1. clothes, dress
    cuir ort d' aodach ― put on your clothes
  2. cloth, material
    aodach sa bheairt ― cloth in the loom
  3. (nautical) sails (collectively)

Derived terms
  • aodach canaich (“cotton cloth, calico”)
  • aodach-leapa (“bed-clothes”)
  • aodach lìn (“linen cloth”)
  • aodach oidhche (“night clothes”)
  • aodach olla (“woollen cloth”)
  • cnag-aodaich (“clothes peg”)
  • fo-aodach (“underwear”)
  • sorchan-aodaich (“coatstand”)
  • uchd-aodach (“bra”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aodachn-aodachh-aodacht-aodach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
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