liath

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish líath, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos (compare Welsh llwyd, Cornish loos, Breton louet), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”) (compare English fallow). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /lʲiəh/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /l̠ʲiə/ Homophone: lia (Connacht, Ulster) === Adjective === liath (genitive singular masculine léith, genitive singular feminine léithe, plural liatha, comparative léithe) grey light blue grey-haired (nominalized, masculine) grey (colour) (nominalized, masculine) grey-haired person; grey horse (nominalized, feminine) grey cow ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === liath (present analytic liathann, future analytic liathfaidh, verbal noun liathadh, past participle liata) (intransitive) to turn grey; become faded (transitive) to give someone grey hairs, wear someone out; colour water, tea (with milk) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “liaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 660; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “liaṫaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 661; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “liath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish líath, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos, from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʎiə(h)/ === Adjective === liath (comparative nas lèithe, superlative as lèithe) grey, grey-coloured (hair color) grey-haired, grizzled, gray-headed mouldy lilac pale (dyeing) pale or bright blue ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “liath”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “líath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language