arsaid

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• arsid

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸarstātis, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, formerly”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar͈siðʲ/

Noun

arsaid m

1. old, ancient

Inflection

i-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	arsaid	arsaid	arsaid
Vocative	arsaid
Accusative	arsaid	arsaid
Genitive	arsaid	arsaide	arsaid
Dative	arsaid	arsaid	arsaid
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	arsaidi	arsaidi
Vocative	arsaidi
Accusative	arsaidi
Genitive	arsaid* arsaide
Dative	arsaidib
Notes	*not when substantivized

Derived terms

• arsadaigidir
• arsidetu

Descendants

• Irish: ársa
• Scottish Gaelic: àrsaidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
arsaid (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-arsaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arsaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language