cú allaid

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /kuː ˈal͈əðʲ/
  • (later) IPA(key): /kuː ˈal͈əɣʲ/

Noun

cú allaid m (genitive con allaidh, nominative plural coin allaidh)

  1. wolf
    Synonyms: cú, macc tíre

Descendants

  • Irish: cú allaidh

Old Irish

Etymology

From cú (“dog”) +‎ allaid (“wild”).

Noun

cú allaid m (genitive unattested, nominative plural coin altai)

  1. wolf
    • Poems of the Codex St. Pauli, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, p. 293, line 6
      Ma rom·thoicther-sa inso rop ith ⁊ mlicht ad·cear; manim·rothcaither ropat choin altai ⁊ ois ⁊ imthecht slebe ⁊ oaic Féne ad·cear.
      If this is destined for me, may it be corn and milk I see; if it is not destined for me, may it be wolves, deer, wandering on the mountain, and the warriors of the Féini I see. [Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus does not translate the occurrences of ro·toicther]

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cú allaid coin altai coin altai
vocative cú allaid coin altai cona altai
accusative coin n-allaid coin altai cona altai
genitive con allaid con altae, con allaid con n-altae, con n-allaid
dative coin allaid, cú allaid conaib altaib conaib altaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of cú allaid
radical lenition nasalization
cú allaid chú allaid cú allaid
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

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