lúath

See also: luath and luath-

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸloutos (“flowing, swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *plew-. Cognate with English float, Old Norse fljótr (“swift”), Ancient Greek πλέω (pléō, “I sail”), Latin pluit (“it rains”), and Sanskrit प्लवते (plavate, “swim, fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l͈uːa̯θ/

Adjective

lúath

1. swift, fast

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lúath	lúath	lúath
Vocative	lúaith* lúath**
Accusative	lúath	lúaith
Genitive	lúaith	lúaithe	lúaith
Dative	lúath	lúaith	lúath
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	lúaith	lúatha
Vocative	lúathu lúatha†
Accusative	lúathu lúatha†
Genitive	lúath
Dative	lúathaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Related terms

• lúas

Descendants

• Irish: luath
• Scottish Gaelic: luath

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
lúath also llúath after a proclitic ending in a vowel	lúath pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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