deorudán

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • deórudán

Etymology

From déorad +‎ -án.

Noun

deorudán m

  1. (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

Masculine o-stem
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

Mutation of deorudán
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.

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