túath

See also: tuath and Tuath

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːa̯θ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *toutā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂.

Noun

túath f (genitive túaithe, nominative plural túatha)

1. tribe
2. laity
3. people
4. tribal territory

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	túathL	túaithL	túathaH
Vocative	túathL	túaithL	túathaH
Accusative	túaithN	túaithL	túathaH
Genitive	túaitheH	túathL	túathN
Dative	túaithL	túathaib	túathaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: tuath
• Manx: theay
• Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tousto- (“left”).

Noun

túath m

1. north
2. left

Descendants

• Irish: thuaidh
• Manx: twoaie
• Scottish Gaelic: Tuath

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
túath	thúath	túath pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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