slucait

Old Irish

Etymology

Related to sluicid (“to swallow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsl͈u.ɡədʲ/

Noun

slucait f (genitive slugaite)

  1. throat, gullet
    Synonym: bráge
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 177
      Bran .i. fïach .i. brancos grece, gutur latine, ⁊ is de is·ber din éon ar mét slugaite.
      Bran (“raven”) (cf. Ancient Greek βράγχος (bránkhos), Latin guttur (“throat”)) is from, it is said of the bird, the great size of its throat.

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
singular dual plural
nominative slucaitL slucaitL slucaitiH
vocative slucaitL slucaitL slucaitiH
accusative slucaitiN slucaitL slucaitiH
genitive slucaiteH slucaiteL slucaiteN
dative slucaitiL slucaitib slucaitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of slucait
radical lenition nasalization
slucait ṡlucait slucait

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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