# soitheach
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* soidhtheach, soightheach (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish soithech.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈsˠɑhəx/ (as if spelled sathach)
* (Connacht) IPA: (Galway) /sˠeːx/, /sˠaix/; (Mayo) /ˈsˠeçəx/, /ˈsˠəihəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈsˠəiha(x)/

### Noun

soitheach m (genitive singular soithigh, nominative plural soithí)
* vessel, container, dish
    Synonyms: áras, árthach, leastar
* (mathematics) container
* craft, vessel (boat, ship)
    Synonyms: árthach, bád

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
soitheach
soithí
vocative
a shoithigh
a shoithí
genitive
soithigh
soithí
dative
soitheach
soithí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an soitheach
na soithí
genitive
an tsoithigh
na soithí
dative
leis an soitheach don soitheach
leis na soithí :

#### Derived terms

* éadach na soithí (“tea towel”)
* soitheach an rí (“cutter”)
* soitheach boilgeog (“bubble chamber”)
* soitheach coipthe (“fermenter”)
* soitheach éadaigh (“sailing ship”)
* soitheach fola (“blood vessel”)
* soitheach guail (“collier”)
* soitheach imoibriúcháin (“reactor”)
* Soitheach Naofa (“Holy Grail”)
* soitheach plandaí (“planter”)
* soitheach téite (“heater”)
* soitheach-chrapadh (“vasoconstriction”)
* soitheach-chrapthach (“vasoconstrictor”)
* soitheachleatheadh (“vasodilation”)
* soitheachleathóir (“vasodilator”)
* soithí poircealláin (“china”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “soitheach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 220
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 37, page 11
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 439, page 121
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “soiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “soitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Middle Irish soithech.

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis, Harris, North Uist) IPA: /ˈs̪ɛ.əx/, [ˈs̪ɛ.əx], [ˈs̪æ.əx], [ˈs̪ɛ.ɛx], [ˈs̪æːx]
* (Benbecula, South Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA: ("ship") /ˈs̪ɤˑ.əx/, ("dish") /ˈs̪æˑ.əx/
* (Tiree) IPA: /ˈs̪ɯhəx/ (as if spelled saothach)
* (Mull) IPA: [ˈs̪ɤʔəx]
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈsajɔx/ (as if spelled saitheach)

### Noun

soitheach m or f (dative singular soithich, genitive singular soithich or soithiche, plural soithichean)
* dish, vessel
* pitcher, container
* ship, vessel
* vial m

#### Derived terms

* soitheach-luaithre
* soitheach-stiùir

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh (2008) “'Bochanan modhail foghlaimte': Tiree Gaelic, lexicology and Glasgow's historical dictionary of Scottish Gaelic”, in Scottish Gaelic Studies, volume 24, Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISSN, pages 473-523
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN