cenntar

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cen (without, on this side of[1]) +‎ -tar (noun-forming suffix), compare alltar, íarthar, úachtar.[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cenntar ? (genitive cenntair, no plural)

  1. this world
    Antonym: alltar
  2. district

Inflection[edit]

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
Vocative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
Accusative cenntarN cenntarN cenntarL
Genitive cenntairL cenntar cenntarN
Dative cenntarL cenntaraib cenntaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: cenntar

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cenntar chenntar cenntar
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 827, page 501
  2. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 266, page 170

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