túaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • thúaid
  • túaith

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *towto- (“north, left”)[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tuːa̯ðʲ]

Adverb

túaid

  1. north, in the north

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: thuaidh
  • Manx: twoaie
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuath

Mutation

Mutation of túaid
radical lenition nasalization
túaid thúaid túaid
pronounced with /d-/

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

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1079-1080”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1079-1080

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.