othar

See also: oðar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish othar (“sickness, illness; state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance; a sick or wounded man”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔhəɾˠ/

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)

  1. invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
  2. sickness, wound
  3. festering state; matter, pus

Declension
Declension of othar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative othar othair
Vocative a othair a othara
Genitive othair othar
Dative othar othair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-othar na hothair
Genitive an othair na n-othar
Dative leis an othar

don othar

 leis na hothair

Derived terms
  • cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
  • fear othair (“sick, wounded, man”)
  • liosta othar (“sick list”)
  • otharcharr (“ambulance”)
  • otharlann (“infirmary, sickbay”)
  • otharluí (“invalid state, sick-bed; burial-place, grave”)
  • othar seachtrach (“out-patient”)
  • otharthraein (“ambulance train”)
  • othras (“sickness, illness; ulcer”)
  • othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
  • othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
  • othrasú (“ulceration”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
othar n-othar hothar not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈoθar/

Noun 1

othar n or m

  1. work, labour
  2. wage, recompense, due

Synonyms
  • (work, labour): dúad, fognam, frithgnam, gním, lubair, monar, opar, saethar, úaithne

Noun 2

othar m

  1. sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
  2. state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
  3. a sick or wounded man
  4. lying ill or wounded
  5. a grave, burial-place

Alternative forms
  • uthar

Synonyms

Derived terms

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
othar unchanged n-othar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “1 othar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 othar, (uthar)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz.

Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)

  1. other

Declension
Positive forms of ōthar
Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ōthar ōthare ōthar ōtharu ōthar ōthare
accusative ōtharana ōthare ōthara ōtharu ōthar ōthare
genitive ōthares ōthararō ōthararo ōthararō ōthares ōthararō
dative ōtharumu ōtharum ōthararo ōtharum ōtharumu ōtharum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative ōtharo ōtharu ōthara ōtharu ōthara ōtharu
accusative ōtharun ōtharun ōtharun ōtharun ōthara ōtharun
genitive ōtharun ōtharonō ōtharun ōtharonō ōtharun ōtharonō
dative ōtharun ōtharum ōtharun ōtharum ōtharun ōtharum


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. wages, reward
  2. labour

Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)

  1. (medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
  2. ailment

Adjective

othar

  1. sick
  2. wounded, mutilated
  3. maimed
  4. weak
Derived terms
  • othrasach (“infirmary”)

References
  • “1 othar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “2 othar, (uthar)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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