deorudán
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- deórudán
Etymology
Noun
deorudán m
- (hapax legomenon) exile, wanderer
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue, line 366; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- Cluinte lat, a Íssu, deórudán lobur!
- Hear you, O Jesus, [thy] feeble exile!
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | deorudán | deorudánL | deorudáinL |
| vocative | deorudáin | deorudánL | deorudánuH |
| accusative | deorudánN | deorudánL | deorudánuH |
| genitive | deorudáinL | deorudán | deorudánN |
| dative | deorudánL | deorudánaib | deorudánaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| deorudán | deorudán pronounced with /ðʲ-/ |
ndeorudán |
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), “deoradán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language