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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
atach, cast-off clothes (Uist, etc.)=ath-aodach.
ataig, atuinn, a palisade, stake:
atamach, fondling, caressing (M'A):
ath, next, again: see ath-.
ath, flinch; from ath-, back. Hence athach, modest.
ath-, aith, re-, so Ir., O. Ir. ath-, aith-, ad-, *ati, W. ad-, Br. at-, az-; Gaul. ate: Lat. at, but, at- (atavus); Lit. at-, ata-, back, Slav. otŭ; Skr. ati, over. Stokes divides Celtic ati- into two, meaning respectively "over" and "re-"; but this seems unnecessary.
àth, a ford, Ir., O. Ir. áth, *jâtu-; Skr.yâ, to go; Lit. jóti, ride (Stokes). Beul-àth:
àth, a kiln, Ir. áith, W. odyn. Stokes refers this to a pre-Celtic apati-, apatino-, parallel to Eng. oven, Got. auhns, Gr. ἰπνός. Bezzenberger suggests the Zend. âtar, fire, as related.
athach, a giant, Ir. fathach, athach; root pat, extend?
†athach, a breeze, Ir., O. Ir. athach; Gr. ἀτμός, vapour, Eng. atmosphere; Ger. atem, breath; etc.
athainne, embers, so Ir.; *ath-teine(?) See aithinne.
athailt, a scar; see ath-ail; see ail, mark.
athair, father, so Ir., O. Ir. athir; Lat. pater; Gr. πατήρ; Skr. pitár; Eng. father.
athair-neimh, serpent, Br. aer, azr; for nathair-neimh, q.v.
athair-thalmhainn, yarrow, milfoil, Ir. and M. Ir. athair talman; "pater-telluris!" Also earr-thalmhainn, which suggests borrowing from Eng. yarrow.
athais, leisure; ath+fois = delay, q.v.
athar, evil effect, consequence (M'A., Whyte), *at-ro-n from ath, "re-". See comharradh. Sc. aur=athailt.
athar, sky, air, Ir. aiéur, air, sky, O. Ir. aér, aier, W. awyr; from Lat. aer, whence Eng. air. See St. for aér, *aver? Cf. padhal, ataidhir, adhal.
atharla, heifer; possibly ath-ar-laogh, "ex-calf". Cf. E. Ir. aithirni, calf.
atharnach, second crop, ground cropped and ready for ploughing (N.H.) ath-eòrn-ach? *ath-ar-nach, root ar, plough.
atharrach, alteration, Ir. atharrach, O. Ir. aitherrach, Br. adarre, afresh, arre, *ati-ar-reg-, root reg of èirich. Stokes analyses it into ati-ex-regô, that is ath-éirich.
atharrais, mocking, imitating (M'K.); (Dial. ailis): ath-aithris, "re-say", Ir. aithris, tell, imitation. See aithris.
