ríagol

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • ríagul

Etymology

From Latin rēgula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈr͈ʲiːa̯ɣol]

Noun

ríagol f

  1. rule
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9a22 (Wikisource link)
      Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.
      Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative ríagolL ríagoilL ríaglaH
vocative ríagolL ríagoilL ríaglaH
accusative ríagoilN ríagoilL ríaglaH
genitive *ríaglaeH ríagolL ríagolN
dative ríagoilL ríaglaib ríaglaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: ríagal

Mutation

Mutation of ríagol
radical lenition nasalization
ríagol
also rríagol in h-prothesis environments		 ríagol
pronounced with /ɾʲ-/		 ríagol
also rríagol

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

Further reading

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