randatu
Old Irish
Etymology
From rann (“part”) + -tu (“-ness”).
Noun
randatu m (genitive randatad)
- (grammar) the property of belonging to a part of speech
- 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. 27a12
- Cia randdatu bis indi?
- Under what part of speech is it?
- 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. 27a12
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | randatu | — | — |
| vocative | randatu | — | — |
| accusative | randatidN | — | — |
| genitive | randatad | — | — |
| dative | randatidL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| randatu also rrandatu in h-prothesis environments |
randatu pronounced with /ɾ-/ |
randatu also rrandatu |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “randatu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language