Afraicc

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɸrəkʲ/, [ˈaɸrɨkʲ]

Proper noun

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Afraicc f

  1. Africa (a continent)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 33a20
      Africanus: .i. arindí a[d]·treba Afraicc ⁊r.
      [The epithet] Africanus: because he possesses Africa etc.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: Afraicc

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Afraicc
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged nAfraicc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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