derucc

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • dircu

Etymology

Perhaps related to dorc (“piece”), from Proto-Celtic *dorco, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split”).[1] Or, possibly related to dair (“oak”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲe.ruk/

Noun

derucc f (genitive dercon, nominative plural dercoin)

  1. acorn

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative derucc dercoinL dercoin
vocative derucc dercoinL derconaH
accusative dercoinN dercoinL derconaH
genitive dercon derconL derconN
dative dercoinL, deruccL derconaib derconaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: dercu
    • Scottish Gaelic: duirc
    • ⇒ Irish: dercán

Mutation

Mutation of derucc
radical lenition nasalization
derucc derucc
pronounced with /ðʲ-/		 nderucc

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

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “duircein”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  2. ^ Windisch: Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch

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