acrae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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acrae n (genitive acrai, nominative plural acrae)

  1. verbal noun of ad·gair
  2. legal action, process

Inflection

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Neuter io-stem
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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: acra

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
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

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