Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

Derived somehow from Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. Cognate with English freeze and Latin pruina (hoar-frost). Matasović posits an immediate preform *ɸreswotos to account for the Goidelic forms, but it would result in **refud instead as the usual reflex of *-sw- in Old Irish is -f-.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

réud m

  1. frost

Inflection edit

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative réud réudL ríuidL
Vocative ríuid réudL réuduH
Accusative réudN réudL réuduH
Genitive ríuidL réud réudN
Dative réudL réudaib réudaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants edit

  • Middle Irish: reód

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
réud
also rréud after a proclitic
réud
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit