Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

from Old Irish all (beyond, adverb), compare cendaid (tame, domesticated) from cend (head) and similar pairs like cenntar (this world here) and alltar (the afterlife).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

allaid

  1. wild, undomesticated

Inflection edit

i-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative allaid allaid allaid
Vocative allaid
Accusative allaid allaid
Genitive allaid altae allaid
Dative allaid allaid allaid
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative altai altai
Vocative altai
Accusative altai
Genitive allaid*
altae
Dative altaib
Notes *not when substantivized

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: allaidh
  • Manx: oaldey
  • Scottish Gaelic: allaidh

Noun edit

allaid n

  1. wild animal

Inflection edit

As the neuter of the adjective; see above.

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
allaid unchanged n-allaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959), “allaid”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume A, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page A-62

Further reading edit