cerd

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʲer͈d/

Noun

cerd f

craft, skill
artisan, craftsman

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cerd^L	ceird^L	cerda^H
vocative	cerd^L	ceird^L	cerda^H
accusative	ceird^N	ceird^L	cerda^H
genitive	cerdae^H	cerd^L	cerd^N
dative	ceird^L	cerdaib	cerdaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

cerddchae
- Irish: ceárta

Descendants

Irish: ceird, ceard, ceardaí
Manx: keird, keirdagh
Scottish Gaelic: ceàird, ceàrd

Mutation

Mutation of *cerd*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cerd	cherd	cerd pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language