lathach – Irish noun declension

Noun: lathach

Gender: Fem

Forms without Article

Singular Nominative	lathach
Singular Genitive	lathaí

Forms with Article

Singular Nominative	an lathach
Singular Genitive	na lathaí

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like lathach

bualtrach, casachtach, gealach, gramadach, hidreaghlóthach, lathach, siosarnach,

Etymology

1. From Old Irish lathach (“mire, puddle”), from Old Irish loth (“mud, mire”) + -ach.
2. MacBain derived this from Proto-Celtic *latyos (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *lat- (“damp, wet”), see also Old Norse leðja (“mud”), Albanian lag (“to moisten”).
3. Matasović suggests Proto-Celtic *lutā (“mud, dirt”) from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'leðja'.