augaire
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *owi-garyos, from *owis (“sheep”) + *gar- (“to call”) + *-yos (agent noun suffix), literally “sheep-caller”. The evolution of the first vowel of this word is irregular; the expected outcome of this compound would be **uígire.
Noun[edit]
augaire m
Inflection[edit]
Masculine io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | augaire | augaireL | augairiL |
Vocative | augairi | augaireL | augairiu |
Accusative | augaireN | augaireL | augairiuH |
Genitive | augairiL | augaireL | augaireN |
Dative | augairiuL | augairib | augairib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
augaire | unchanged | n-augaire |
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), “oegaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language