Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸlātrom (flat position) (compare, with unexplained semantic development, Proto-Brythonic *llọdr (leg covering), whence Welsh llawdr (trousers), Breton loer (sock), Old Cornish loder (boot)), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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láthar n

  1. arrangement, disposition, dispensation
  2. machination, wiles

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative látharN látharN látharL, láthra
Vocative látharN látharN látharL, láthra
Accusative látharN látharN látharL, láthra
Genitive láthairL láthar látharN
Dative látharL láthraib láthraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

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  • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9d24
    arna dich cách assa dligud i n-adaltras tri láthar demuin et tri bar nebcongabthetit-si
    lest everyone go out of his duty into adultery through the Devil’s machination and through your incontinence
  • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20b2
    Is airi da·rogart-som noíb, ar frith⟨t⟩uidecht innaní as·rubartatar nád robae remdéicsiu ná láthar nDǽ dïa dúlib.
    It is for this reason that he has called himself a saint, because of the opposition of those who have said that there is neither providence nor dispensation of God for his creatures.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: láither, láthair

Mutation

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Mutation of láthar
radical lenition nasalization
láthar
also lláthar after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
láthar
pronounced with /l(ʲ)-/
unchanged

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

Further reading

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