muccaidecht
Old Irish
FWOTD – 12 December 2016
Etymology
From muccaid (“swineherd”) + -acht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmukiðʲext/
Noun
muccaidecht f
Inflection
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaH |
vocative | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaH |
accusative | muccaidechtN | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaH |
genitive | muccaidechtaeH | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtN |
dative | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaib | muccaidechtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
muccaidecht also mmuccaidecht in h-prothesis environments |
muccaidecht pronounced with /β̃-/ |
muccaidecht also mmuccaidecht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)aidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language