margad

Estonian

Noun

margad

nominative plural of mark

Old Irish

Alternative forms

marggad

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse markaðr, from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmarɡað/

Noun

margad m

market, marketplace

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	margad	margad^L	margaid^L
vocative	margaid	margad^L	margadu^H
accusative	margad^N	margad^L	margadu^H
genitive	margaid^L	margad	margad^N
dative	margad^L	margadaib	margadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

Irish: margadh
Manx: margey
Scottish Gaelic: margadh

Mutation

Mutation of *margad*
radical	lenition	nasalization
margad also mmargad in h-prothesis environments	margad pronounced with /β̃-/	margad also mmargad

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), “marg(g)ad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language