Old Irish

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Etymology

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othar +‎ -us

Noun

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othrus m (genitive othrais)

  1. illness
  2. nursing
  3. sick-maintenance

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative othrus othrusL othrusae
Vocative othrus othrusL othrusu
Accusative othrusN othrusL othrusu
Genitive othrusoH, othrusaH othruso, othrusa othrusaeN
Dative othrusL othrusaib othrusaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: othras

Mutation

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