fáth

fáth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠæː/

Noun

fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)

1. cause
2. reason

   Níl fáth agam le fanacht.

   I have no reason to stay.

Declension

Declension of fáth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fáth fáthanna Vocative a fháth a fháthanna Genitive fátha fáthanna Dative fáth fáthanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fáth na fáthanna Genitive an fhátha na bhfáthanna Dative leis an bhfáth don fháth leis na fáthanna

Synonyms

• ábhar
• bunúdar
• cúis
• údar

Derived terms

• cén fáth

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáth	fháth	bhfáth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːθ/

Noun

fáth m

1. cause, reason
2. motive, object
3. subject, matter
4. prophecy
5. composition, maxim

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• fáthach
• fáthaige
• fáthamail

Descendants

• Irish: fáth
• Manx: fa
• Scottish Gaelic: fàth