lathach

See also: -lathach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • laitheach

Etymology

From Old Irish lathach (“mire, puddle”).

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /l̪ˠɑːx/, /ˈl̪ˠɑhəx/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /l̪ˠaiç/ (as if spelled laith; probably a back-formation from the genitive laithche)[2]

Noun

lathach f (genitive singular lathaí or laithche)

  1. mud (mixture of soil and water), puddle (homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit), slush (liquid mud or mire)
    Synonyms: láib, puiteach, lábán, pluda

Declension
Declension of lathach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative lathach
Vocative a lathach
Genitive lathaí, laithche
Dative lathach

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an lathach
Genitive na lathaí, laithche
Dative leis an lathach

don lathach

Further reading

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 179.
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 55, § 139.
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