gath

Originally ‘leaf’, from Proto-Albanian *gazda, from *gʷozdo, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷésdos (compare Dutch kwast (“tassel”), Czech hvozd (“dense forest”)).^[1]

gath m (plural gathë, definite gathi)

1. catkin, ament
2. goat's dewlap

• rezhdë

• gjeth (forms a doublet with this word)

gath m pl

1. (archaic or dialectal) genitive plural of ga

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gath	ghath	ngath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's crook”), Proto-Celtic *gaisos.

• IPA^(key): /ɡah/
• Hyphenation: gath

gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan)

1. beam, ray (of light)
2. barb, thorn
3. spear, javelin
4. arrow, dart
5. sting (of an insect)
6. knot, lump

• (arrow): saighead
• (spear): sleagh

• (arrow): bogha (“bow”)

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
gath	ghath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Colin Mark (2003) “gath”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 326
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 goth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːθ/

gath

1. Soft mutation of cath (“cat”).