gnáth

See also: gnàth and gnáth-

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑː/, /ɡn̪ˠɑː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠæː/

Noun

gnáth m (genitive singular gnáith, nominative plural gnáthanna)

  1. custom, usage
  2. customary thing
  3. frequentation
  4. haunt, resort
  5. (literary, in the plural) intimates, associates

Declension
Declension of gnáth

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gnáth gnátha
Vocative a ghnáith a ghnátha
Genitive gnáith gnátha
Dative gnáth gnátha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gnáth na gnátha
Genitive an ghnáith na ngnátha
Dative leis an ngnáth

don ghnáth

 leis na gnátha

Derived terms

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡnaːθ/

Adjective

gnáth

  1. customary
  2. usual

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
Terms derived from gnáth
  • gnáthach
  • gnáthaid
  • gnáthaigid
  • gnátham
  • gnáthe
  • gnáthmar
  • ingnad

Descendants

Noun

gnáth m (nominative plural gnáith)

  1. (in plural) intimates, familiar friends

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
gnáth gnáth
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ngnáth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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