gaisced

Old Irish

Etymology

Dvandva compound of gae (“spear”) +‎ scíath (“shield”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡasʲkʲeð]

Noun

gaisced m

(collective) weapons, arms, armor
(abstract) valor, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gaisced	gaisced^L	gaiscid^L
vocative	gaiscid	gaisced^L	gaiscedu^H
accusative	gaisced^N	gaisced^L	gaiscedu^H
genitive	gaiscid^L	gaisced	gaisced^N
dative	gaisciud^L	gaiscedaib	gaiscedaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Irish: gaisce
⇒ Middle Irish: gaiscedach
- Irish: gaiscíoch
- Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach

Mutation

Mutation of *gaisced*
radical	lenition	nasalization
gaisced	gaisced pronounced with /ɣ-/	ngaisced

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), “gaisced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language