Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From an- (bad) +‎ cride (heart).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈanˌkʲrʲiðʲe]

Noun edit

ancride n (genitive ancridi, nominative plural ancride)

  1. injury, injustice
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 9c20
      Cid atob·aich cen dílgud cech ancridi do·gnethe frib, et ní bethe fria acre?
      What impels you pl not to forgive every injury that may have been done to you, and that you should not be about to sue [because of] it?

Declension edit

Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ancrideN ancrideL ancrideL
Vocative ancrideN ancrideL ancrideL
Accusative ancrideN ancrideL ancrideL
Genitive ancridiL ancrideL ancrideN
Dative ancridiuL ancridib ancridib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Irish: anchroí

Mutation edit

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

Further reading edit