gath

Albanian

Etymology

Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Old English *cwist (“branch”), Czech hvozd (“dense forest”)).[1]

Noun

gath m (indefinite plural gathë, definite singular gathi)

  1. catkin, ament
  2. goat's dewlap

Synonyms
  • rezhdë
  • gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 187-8.

Irish

Noun

gath m pl

  1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gath ghath ngath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gath, goth (“dart, spear, javelin”).

Noun

gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan)

  1. arrow, dart
  2. barb, thorn, sting
  3. beam, ray
  4. knot (lump)
  5. spear, javelin
  6. spoke

Synonyms

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
  • “gath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “3 goth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaːθ/

Noun

gath

  1. Soft mutation of cath (“cat”).

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
cath gath nghath chath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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