gnàth

gnàth

See also: gnáth and gnáth-

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• gnàths
• gnàthas

Etymology

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

Noun

gnàth m (genitive singular gnàtha, plural gnàthan)

1. custom, habit, convention

Derived terms

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