othras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish othrus (“the state of being ill, illness”).

Noun

othras m (genitive singular othrais, nominative plural othrais)

1. (medicine) sickness, illness

   Synonym: galar

2. ulcer

Declension

Declension of othras (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative othras othrais vocative a othrais a othrasa genitive othrais othras dative othras othrais forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-othras na hothrais genitive an othrais na n-othras dative leis an othras don othras leis na hothrais

Derived terms

• othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
• othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
• othrasú m (“ulceration”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of othras

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
othras	n-othras	hothras	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “othras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “othrus, (uthrus)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language