eirr
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *en-rets, from the stem of *reteti (“to run”) with the prefix in-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeirr (gender unknown)
- a chariot-fighter
Inflection
editMasculine t-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | eirr | eirridL, eirr | eirrid |
Vocative | eirr | eirridL, eirr | eirreda |
Accusative | eirridN | eirridL, eirr | eirreda |
Genitive | eirred | eirred | eirredN |
Dative | eirridL | eirredaib | eirredaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
edit- Middle Irish: err
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
eirr (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-eirr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eirr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language