Cú Roí
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Etymology edit
The first element is apparently cú (“hound”); the second probably means "battlefield", making the whole term "hound of the battlefield".
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Cú Roí
- (Irish mythology) A king of Munster and sorcerer who was killed by Cúchulainn and avenged by his son, Lugaid mac Con Roí, who was subsequently killed by Conall the Victorious.
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Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- a masculine given name
- The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 843
- Cinaedh m. Con Roi, rex Generis Loighaire, iugulatus est o Delbhni.
- Cinaedh, son of Cú Roí, king of the People of Leary, is killed by the Delbhni.
- The Annals of Ulster from the Trinity College MS 1282, published in The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) (1983, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Seán Mac Airt & Gearóid Mac Niocaill, AD 843
- Cú Roí (character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology)
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
Cú Roí | Chú Roí | Cú Roí pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |