Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From athraigh +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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athrú m (genitive singular athraithe, nominative plural athruithe)

  1. verbal noun of athraigh: changing
    Tá mian liom mo chuid éadaigh a athrú.
    I would like to change clothes.
  2. change, alteration
    athrú fóineolaíochtaphonological change
    Tháinig athrú mór air ó chonaic mé é go deireanach.
    He has changed a lot since the last time I saw him.
  3. variation
  4. (mathematics) reduction
  5. (linguistics) mutation
    athrú tosaighinitial mutation

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
athrú n-athrú hathrú t-athrú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

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