cerd

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kerdā, from Proto-Indo-European *kerd- (“craft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲer͈d/

Noun

cerd f

1. craft, skill
2. artisan, craftsman

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cerdL	ceirdL	cerdaH
Vocative	cerdL	ceirdL	cerdaH
Accusative	ceirdN	ceirdL	cerdaH
Genitive	cerdaeH	cerdL	cerdN
Dative	ceirdL	cerdaib	cerdaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cerddchae
  • Irish: ceárta

Descendants

• Irish: ceird, ceard, ceardaí
• Manx: keird, keirdagh
• Scottish Gaelic: ceàird, ceàrd

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cerd	cherd	cerd pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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), “1 cerd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language