cercdae

Old Irish

Etymology

From cerc (“hen”) +‎ -dae (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲerʲkðʲe/

Adjective

cercdae

  1. poultry, fowl (attributive)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 58b2
      cercdae glosses gallīnācius

Declension

io/iā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative cercdae cercdae cercdae
vocative cercdai
accusative cercdae cercdai
genitive cercdai cercdae cercdai
dative cercdu cercdai cercdu
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative cercdai cercdai
vocative cercdai
cercdu*
accusative cercdai
cercdu*
genitive cercdae
dative cercdaib

* when substantivized

Mutation

Mutation of cercdae
radical lenition nasalization
cercdae chercdae cercdae
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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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