deorudán

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From déorad +‎ -án.

Noun

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deorudán m

  1. (hapax) exile, wanderer
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Epilogue, line 366; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Cluinte lat, a Íssu, deórudán lobur!
      Hear you, O Jesus, [thy] feeble exile!

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative deorudán deorudánL deorudáinL
Vocative deorudáin deorudánL deorudánuH
Accusative deorudánN deorudánL deorudánuH
Genitive deorudáinL deorudán deorudánN
Dative deorudánL deorudánaib deorudánaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
deorudáin deorudáin
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndeorudáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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