àth

See also: ath, áth, ath-, aþ, að, and -aþ

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áth (compare Manx aah, Irish áth), from Proto-Celtic *yātus (“ford”).

Noun

àth m (genitive singular àth, plural àthan)

  1. (geography) ford

Etymology 2

Noun

àth f (genitive singular àtha, plural àthan or àthannan)

  1. kiln

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