ioth

See also: íoth

Irish

Alternative forms

• ith f

Etymology

From Old Irish ith, from Proto-Celtic *ɸitu. Cognate with Breton ed, Cornish ys, and Welsh ŷd.

Noun

ioth m (genitive singular eatha)

1. (literary) corn, grain

Declension

Declension of ioth (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ioth — vocative a ioth — genitive eatha — dative ioth — forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-ioth — genitive an eatha — dative leis an ioth don ioth —

Synonyms

• grán, arbhar

Derived terms

• iothlainn

Related terms

• ith (“to eat”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ioth

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ioth	n-ioth	hioth	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “iṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 411
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ioth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Noun

ioth n (indeclinable)

1. yod, yodh (letter)