/lʲiəh/, /l̠ʲiə/
BunúsFrom Old Irish líath, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos (compare Welsh llwyd, Cornish loos, Breton louet), from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”) (compare English fallow).
- grey
- light blue
- grey-haired
“Is minic duine liath lúfar.” — Grey hairs need not signify old age.
- masculine, noun-from-verbgrey (colour)
- masculine, noun-from-verbgrey-haired person; grey horse
- feminine, noun-from-verbgrey cow
- intransitiveturn grey; become faded
- transitivegive someone grey hairs, wear someone out; colour water, tea (with milk)
Foirmeachaléith(genitive, masculine, singular) · léithe(feminine, genitive, singular) · liatha(plural) · léithe(comparative) · liath(masculine, nominative, singular) · liath(feminine, nominative, singular) · liatha(error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural) · léith(masculine, singular, vocative) · liath(feminine, singular, vocative) · liatha(error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative) · liatha(error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural) · liath(error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural) · liath(dative, masculine, singular) · liath(dative, feminine, singular) · léith(archaic, dative, feminine, singular) · liatha(dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural) · níos léithe(comparative, error-unrecognized-form) · is léithe(error-unrecognized-form, superlative) · liathann(analytic, present) · liathfaidh(analytic, future)