n (a) a whitethorn
:
ūath .i. scē (v.l. sceach), ar imat
a delg,
Corm. Y 1278
.
úath .i. sgé, no sgeach, O'Cl.
an
sceach gheal, .i. scé, .i. uathadh,
Gadelica 56.30
(H.
O'Sullivan's Diary). amal atraig ilar ḟlesc o uathmecnaib (MS. fhuathmecnu) 'as many rods arise from white-thorn roots'
Misc. Ascoli 368 § 6
.
(b) name of the letter h
:
uath ó
Uiría,
IGT, Introd. § 4
.
uath in ogaim crand fir no sce
ar a delgaighe insin,
Auraic. 5516
.
huath dono, is o chrand
rohainmniged .i. sce,
1176
,
4272
.
conal cuan do rad re
huath in ogaim ar coibnius in anma,
5546
.
cis lir fogla
ogaim ┐ caiteat? ... uath a v,
5491
.
treidi doghni uath .i.
bogad ┐ semigudh ┐ airdibdad,
1264
.
uath bogas in beithi
fil and, ar ni bi p isin Gaedilc,
1270
.
huath cetumus: is
ed fhuilleas b co ngeib greim p,
432
.
scriuthair ┐ ni hairimther uath isna foclaib dedenachaib arna litrib, acht nod
tinfid,
1230
.
teora fuilti ind Auraicepta .i. huath ┐ forsail
┐ arnin,
430
.
coitchend immorro do thaebomnaib acht
huath,
766
. taebomna dia togaib uath ceand doraith
`a consonant along with which h constantly appears,'
1408
.
aicme huatha,
5699
. In phr. co n-úath
lenited
:
tinne go n-uath ... coll go n-uath 'lenited t ... lenited c',
Celtica xxxvii 59 § 5
.
duir go n-uath 'lenited d',
Celtica xxvii 60 § 8
.