lathach

See also: -lathach

Irish

From Old Irish lathach (“mire, puddle”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).^[2]

(Aran) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠɑːx/^[3], /ˈl̪ˠɑhəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠaiç/^[4] (as if spelled laith; probably a back-formation from the genitive laithche)

lathach f (genitive singular lathaí or laithche)

mud (mixture of soil and water), puddle (homogeneous mixture of clay, water, and sometimes grit), slush (liquid mud or mire)
Synonyms: láib, puiteach, lábán, pluda

Declension of lathach (second declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an lathach
genitive	na lathaí, laithche
dative	leis an lathach don lathach

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lathach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “làthach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 224
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 179
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 139, page 55

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “lathach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 420
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lathach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“lathach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024