cenntar

Old Irish

Etymology

From cen (“without, on this side of[1]”) +‎ -tar (noun-forming suffix), compare alltar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʲen͈tər]

Noun

cenntar ? (genitive cenntair, no plural)

  1. this world
    Antonym: alltar
  2. district

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
vocative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
accusative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
genitive cenntairL cenntar cenntarN
dative cenntarL cenntaraib cenntaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • cenntarach

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cenntar

Mutation

Mutation of cenntar
radical lenition nasalization
cenntar chenntar cenntar
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 827, page 501; reprinted 2017
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 266, page 170; reprinted 2017

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