Old Irish

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Noun

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airfitiud m (genitive unattested, nominative plural airfiti)

  1. (especially of minstrel-like entertainment) verbal noun of ar·peti: entertainment, delighting
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 259:
      Gabthus mesca[e] ⁊ arus·peittet céola ⁊ airfiti.
      Intoxication seizes them, music and entertainment perform for them.
  2. gratification, satisfaction

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative airfitiud airfitiudL airfitiH
Vocative airfitiud airfitiudL airfitiu
Accusative airfitiudN airfitiudL airfitiu
Genitive airfiteoH, airfiteaH airfiteoL, airfiteaL airfiteN
Dative airfitiudL airfitib airfitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: oirfideadh