lúth
Irish
Alternative forms
- lúd, lúdh, lútháil
Etymology
From Middle Irish lúd, from Old Irish lúud, from Proto-Celtic *lūtus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic lùth and Welsh llid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l̪ˠuː(h)/
Noun
lúth m (genitive singular lúith or lútha)
Declension
As a first-declension noun:
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First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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As a third-declension noun:
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Third declension
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Derived terms
- ar lúth (“swiftly, with vigor”)
- cleasa lúith (“athletic exercises, athletics”)
- lúth na teanga (“power of speech, a glib tongue”)
- lúthchleas (“athletic exercises, athletics”)
- tromán lúith (“dumbbell”)
Further reading
- “lúth”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lúth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
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