aodach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish étach (compare modern Irish éadach).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɯːt̪əx/

Noun

aodach m (genitive singular aodaich, plural aodaichean)

  1. clothes, dress
    cuir ort d' aodachput on your clothes
  2. cloth, material
    aodach sa bheairtcloth in the loom
  3. (nautical) sails (collectively)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of aodach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aodach n-aodach h-aodach t-aodach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aodach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC