áith

See also: aith-

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish áith f (drying-kiln (for grain)), from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (fire) (compare Latin āter).

Noun

áith f (genitive singular áithe, nominative plural áitheanna or áithí)

  1. kiln
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 14:
      ńīl ēn ā sn̥ ilān šə, ax tā mōrān akəb ə gonəmárə.
      conventional orthography: Níl aon áith san oileán seo, ach tá mórán acu i gConamara.
      There’s no kiln on this island, but there are a lot of them in Connemara.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 14:
      tā n ā ʒā l̄oskə.
      conventional orthography: Tá an áith dhá loscadh.
      The kiln is burning.
Declension
Derived terms
  • áith aoil f (lime-kiln)
  • áith choirce f (corn-kiln)
  • áith allais f (sweat-house)
  • áitheadóir m (kiln worker)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish áith (sharp, keen, acute).

Adjective

áith

  1. (literary) sharp, keen
Declension

Mutation

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

References


Rohingya

Numeral

áith

  1. sixty
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