liath – Irish adjective declension

Irish adjective forms of liath

Adjective: liath
Declension: 1
Singular Nominativeliath
Singular Genitive Masc.léith
Singular Genitive Fem.léithe
Plural Nominativeliatha

Comparative

níos léithe
ní ba léithe

Superlative

is léithe
ba léithe

Adjectives inflected like liath

bricliath, liath,

Etymology

From Old Irish líath, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos (compare Welsh llwyd, Cornish loos, Breton louet), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”) (compare English fallow). See: English Adjectives 'fallow'.

Translations

  • gray, to become gray