Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ess- (out-) +‎ techt (going).[1]

Noun

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estecht f

  1. departure

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative estechtL estechtL estechtaH
Vocative estechtL estechtL estechtaH
Accusative estechtN estechtL estechtaH
Genitive estechtaeH estechtL estechtN
Dative estechtL estechtaib estechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, page 312

Further reading

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