-rad

See also: rad

Old Irish

Etymology

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Suffix

-rad f

1. Forms collective nouns from nouns or adjectives.

   marc (“horse”) → marcrad (“cavalry”)

   glas (“green”) → glasrad (“greenery”)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -rad

Descendants

• Irish: -ra
• Manx: -rey
• Scottish Gaelic: -radh

References

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 263f