different between wath vs nath

English

Etymology

From Middle English wath, from Old Norse vað (“a ford”). Cognate with Scots wath, Swedish vad. Related to wade.

Noun

wath (plural waths)

1. (obsolete, except in dialect) A ford.
2. (obsolete) A fordable stream.

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• HAWT, Thaw, hawt, thaw, what

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English w?þ and Old Norse veiðr.

Noun

wath

1. Alternative form of waith

Etymology 2

From Old Norse váði.

Noun

wath

1. Alternative form of wothe

Adjective

wath

1. Alternative form of wothe

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vað and Old English wæd, both from Proto-Germanic *wad?, from Proto-Indo-European *wad?om.

Alternative forms

• wathe, wadth, weth

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?/

Noun

wath

1. (rare) A ford; a crossing through a stream.

Descendants

• English: wath (obsolete)
• Scots: wath (rare)

References

• “wath, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-12.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nath (“poetical composition”).

Noun

nath m (genitive singular natha, nominative plural nathanna)

1. (literary) poem, song, refrain
2. proverbial saying, adage, epigram, saw

Synonyms

• (saying): cor cainte, leagan cainte

Declension

Derived terms

• nath cainte
• nathaí
• nathán

Further reading

• "nath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology

From ne hath.

Contraction

nath

1. hath not

Anagrams

• -anth, Than, ha'n't, ha'nt, han't, hant, than

Nuer

Noun

nath

1. people