orcun

See also: Orçun

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *orgenā, an unusual double-thematic formation in -e-nā. Two other basic verbal nouns, mlegon (“milking”) (from *mlig-o-nos) and fedan (“carrying”) (from *wed-o-nā) also have double-thematic *-V-no/ā- formations. Their closest parallels are Proto-Germanic *-aną and past participles in *-anaz, in addition to Slavic past passive participles in original -enъ.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈor.ɡun]

Noun

orcun f (genitive oircne)

  1. verbal noun of orcaid
  2. murder, slaughter
  3. raid

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative orcunL orcuinL oircneaH
vocative orcunL orcuinL oircneaH
accusative orcuinN orcuinL oircneaH
genitive oircneH orcunL orcunN
dative orcuinL oircnib oircnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: orcan, organ, argan

Mutation

Mutation of orcun
radical lenition nasalization
orcun
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 orcun n-orcun

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

References

  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 112-113

Further reading

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