cétmuinter

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From cét- (first) +‎ muinter (family, household).

Noun

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cétmuinter f (genitive cétmuintire)

  1. (law) a spouse, implied to be at the top of the household

Usage notes

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The term primarily appeared in legal texts in Old Irish, and could be used to refer to a spouse of either gender depending on the context.

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cétmuinterL cétmuintirL cétmuinteraH
Vocative cétmuinterL cétmuintirL cétmuinteraH
Accusative cétmuintirN cétmuintirL cétmuinteraH
Genitive cétmuintireH cétmuinterL cétmuinterN
Dative cétmuintirL cétmuinteraib cétmuinteraib
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
cétmuinter chétmuinter cétmuinter
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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