gnàth

See also: gnáth and gnáth-

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɾãː/

Noun

gnàth m (genitive singular gnàtha, plural gnàthan)

custom, habit, convention

Derived terms

deas-ghnàth (“ceremony, rite, ritual”)
eadar-ghnàth (“ingenuity”)
gnàth-eòlas (“experience”)
gnàth-theagasg (“doctrine”)
gnàthach (“common, usual”)
gnàthas-cainnt (“idiom”)
gnàthasach (“idiomatic”)