tua cheatha
Irish
editEtymology
editLiterally, “arc of a shower”; compare synonymous stua ceatha and tuar ceatha.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittua cheatha f (genitive singular tua ceatha, nominative plural tuanna ceatha)
- rainbow
- Synonym: bogha báistí
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tua cheatha | thua cheatha | dtua cheatha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 114, page 45
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tua cheatha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN