neutur

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• neutor

Etymology

From Latin neutrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲeːu̯dur/

Noun

neutur n (genitive neutair, nominative plural neutur)

1. (grammar) neuter
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 63^a17

     Amal nád ṅdéni neutur dindí as Tiberis cía do·berthar flumen friss, síc ní déni neutur dindí as Suthul ci ad·comaltar oppidum friss.

     As it does not make a neuter of [that which is] Tiberis that flumen is put with it, so it does not make a neuter of [that which is] Suthul, that oppidum is conjoined to it.

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	neuturN, neutor	neuturN, neutor	neuturL, neutor, neutra
Vocative	neuturN, neutor	neuturN, neutor	neuturL, neutor, neutra
Accusative	neuturN, neutor	neuturN, neutor	neuturL, neutor, neutra
Genitive	neutairL	neutur, neutor	neuturN, neutor
Dative	neuturL	neutraib	neutraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: neodar
• Scottish Gaelic: neodar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
neutur also nneutur after a proclitic ending in a vowel	neutur pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged
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), “neutur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language