áitt

See also: aitt

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *yāntī, from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- (“to ride, travel”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːtʲ/

Noun

áitt f

  1. place, situation, position; dwelling, abode
  2. passage (in a book)
  3. place formerly occupied by someone or something

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative áittL áittL áitteH
vocative áittL áittL áitteH
accusative áittN áittL áitteH
genitive áitteH áittL áittN
dative áittL áttaib áttaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: áit
  • Scottish Gaelic: àite

Mutation

Mutation of áitt
radical lenition nasalization
áitt
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 áitt n-áitt

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*yantī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 433-434

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