soitheach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish soithech.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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soitheach m (genitive singular soithigh, nominative plural soithí)

  1. vessel, container, dish
    Synonyms: áras, árthach, leastar
  2. (mathematics) container
  3. craft, vessel (boat, ship)
    Synonyms: árthach, bád

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soitheach shoitheach
after an, tsoitheach
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ soitheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish soithech.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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soitheach m or f (genitive singular soithich or soithiche, plural soithichean)

  1. dish, vessel
  2. pitcher, container
  3. ship, vessel
  4. vial m

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of soitheach
radical lenition
soitheach shoitheach
after "an", t-soitheach

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

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523