ruccae
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- rucce (Würzburg glosses)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *rukkiyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Noun
editruccae n
- shame, disgrace
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24a30
- .i. bid rucce et mebul doib aní inda·mmóidet.
- i.e. that in which they boast will be a shame and disgrace to them.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 49d4
- .i. ní frithalim ruccai for m'anmaim tri foisitin t'anmae-siu, a Dæ.
- i.e. I do not expect shame upon my name through the confession of Your (sg) name, O God.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 24a30
Inflection
editNeuter io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ruccaeN | ruccaeL | ruccaeL |
Vocative | ruccaeN | ruccaeL | ruccaeL |
Accusative | ruccaeN | ruccaeL | ruccaeL |
Genitive | ruccaiL | ruccaeL | ruccaeN |
Dative | ruccuL | ruccaib | ruccaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ruccae also rruccae after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
ruccae pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
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), “ruccae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language