fáth

See also: fath, Fath, and fəth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

Noun

fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)

  1. cause
  2. reason
    Níl fáth agam le fanacht.
    I have no reason to stay.

Declension
Declension of fáth

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fáth fáthanna
Vocative a fháth a fháthanna
Genitive fátha fáthanna
Dative fáth fáthanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fáth na fáthanna
Genitive an fhátha na bhfáthanna
Dative leis an bhfáth

don fháth

 leis na fáthanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faːθ/

Noun

fáth m

  1. cause, reason
  2. motive, object
  3. subject, matter
  4. prophecy
  5. composition, maxim

Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fáth fáthL fáthae
Vocative fáth fáthL fáthu
Accusative fáthN fáthL fáthu
Genitive fáthoH, fáthaH fátho, fátha fáthaeN
Dative fáthL fáthaib fáthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • fáthach
  • fáthaige
  • fáthamail

Descendants
  • Irish: fáth
  • Manx: fa
  • Scottish Gaelic: fàth

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