# othar
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish othar (“sickness, illness; state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance; a sick or wounded man”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔhəɾˠ/

### Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair, nominative plural othair)
* invalid, patient (person who receives medical treatment)
* sickness, wound
* festering state; matter, pus

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
othar
othair
vocative
a othair
a othara
genitive
othair
othar
dative
othar
othair
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-othar
na hothair
genitive
an othair
na n-othar
dative
leis an othar don othar
leis na hothair :

#### Derived terms

* cathaoir othair (“invalid chair”)
* fear othair (“sick, wounded, man”)
* liosta othar (“sick list”)
* othar seachtrach (“out-patient”)
* otharcharr (“ambulance”)
* otharlann (“infirmary, sickbay”)
* otharluí (“invalid state, sick-bed; burial-place, grave”)
* otharthraein (“ambulance train”)

#### Related terms

* othras (“sickness, illness; ulcer”)
* othrasach (“sick, wounded; ulcerous”, adjective)
* othrasaigh (“ulcerate”, verb)
* othrasú (“ulceration”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “othar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoθar/

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

othar n or m
* work, labour
* wage, recompense, due

##### Synonyms

* (work, labour): dúad, fognam, frithgnam, gním, lubair, monar, opar, saíthar, úaithne

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *ɸutros, from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“foul, rotten”).

#### Noun

othar m
* sickness, illness (of the condition, not the disease)
* state of being tended in illness, nursing, sick-attendance
* a sick or wounded man
* lying ill or wounded
* a grave, burial-place

##### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | othar | othar$^L$ | uithir$^L$, othair$^L$ |
| Vocative | uithir, othair$^L$ | othar$^L$ | othru$^H$ |
| Accusative | othar$^N$ | othar$^L$ | othru$^H$ |
| Genitive | uithir$^L$, othair$^L$ | othar | othar$^N$ |
| Dative | othur$^L$ | othraib | othraib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Alternative forms

* uthar

##### Synonyms

* (illness): aiccidit, ces, othrus, slaetán

##### Derived terms

* othrus

##### Descendants

* Irish: othar
* Scottish Gaelic: othar

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “848-49”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 848-49

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 othar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Saxon
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *anþar.

### Adjective

ōthar (no comparative nor superlative forms)
* other

#### Declension
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish othar.

#### Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)
* wages, reward
* labour

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish othar.

#### Noun

othar m (genitive singular othair)
* (medicine) abscess, ulcer, intumescence
* ailment

#### Adjective

othar
* sick
* wounded, mutilated
* maimed
* weak

##### Derived terms

* othrasach (“infirmary”)

### References

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 othar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 othar, (uthar)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language