acrae
See also: Acrae
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *adgaryom, a formation from *ad- + *gary- (“to call”) + *-om (verbal noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Gaulish adgarion.
By surface analysis, ad- + -gaire.
Pronunciation
Noun
acrae n (genitive acrai, nominative plural acrae)
Inflection
Neuter io-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | acraeN | acraeL | acraeL |
Vocative | acraeN | acraeL | acraeL |
Accusative | acraeN | acraeL | acraeL |
Genitive | acraiL | acraeL | acraeN |
Dative | acruL | acraib | acraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
acrae (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-acrae |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “acrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language