airfitiud

Old Irish

Noun

airfitiud m (genitive unattested, nominative plural airfiti)

  1. (especially of minstrel-like entertainment) verbal noun of ar·peti: entertainment, delighting
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 259:
      Gabthus mesca[e] ⁊ arus·peittet céola ⁊ airfiti.
      Intoxication seizes them, music and entertainment perform for them.
  2. gratification, satisfaction

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative airfitiud airfitiudL airfitiH
vocative airfitiud airfitiudL airfitiu
accusative airfitiudN airfitiudL airfitiu
genitive airfiteoH, airfiteaH airfiteoL, airfiteaL airfiteN
dative airfitiudL airfitib airfitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: oirfideadh
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.