goltraige

Old Irish

Alternative forms

goltraiges

Etymology

gol (“weeping, lamentation”) +‎ -traige

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡol͈trɨɣʲe]

Noun

goltraige f

sorrowful strain of music

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	goltraige^L	goltraigi^L	goltraigi
vocative	goltraige^L	goltraigi^L	goltraigi
accusative	goltraigi^N	goltraigi^L	goltraigi
genitive	goltraige	goltraige^L	goltraige^N
dative	goltraigi^L	goltraigib	goltraigib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Irish: goltraí

Mutation

Mutation of *goltraige*
radical	lenition	nasalization
goltraige	goltraige pronounced with /ɣ-/	ngoltraige

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