ath-

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

Irish

Alternative forms

a- (before t)
aith- (slender form)

Etymology

From Old Irish aith-, ath-,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *ati-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ah/^[2]

Prefix

ath-

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *ath-*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ath-	n-ath-	hath-	t-ath-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aith-, ath-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

Old Irish

Prefix

ath-

broad form of aith-

Mutation

Mutation of *ath-*
radical	lenition	nasalization
ath- (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	ath-	n-ath-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aith-, ath-, from Proto-Celtic *ati-.

Prefix

ath- (triggers lenition)

re-

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with ath-

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aith-, ath-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aith-, ath-”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[2] Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

[1]

ath-

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Irish

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Derived terms

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Old Irish

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Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Derived terms

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