dechor

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dechur

Etymology

From de- (“in two, asunder”) +‎ cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲexor/

Noun

dechor n (genitive dechuir, nominative plural dechor)

1. difference, distinction
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7^d10

     Mógi sidi uili do Día; acht do·rigénsat in descipuil dechor etarru et déu diib: is hed on ɔsecha-som hic.

     They are all servants to God; but the disciples had made a distinction between them and (made) gods of them; that is what he corrects here.

   • 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. 27^a9

     nibí dechor etir diall n‑anmann ⁊ pronominum

     there is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns

Declension

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	dechorN, dechur	dechorN, dechur	dechorL, dechora
Vocative	dechorN, dechur	dechorN, dechur	dechorL, dechora
Accusative	dechorN, dechur	dechorN, dechur	dechorL, dechora
Genitive	dechuirL	dechor, dechur	dechorN, dechur
Dative	dechorL	dechraib	dechraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: deochair
  • Irish: deachair

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 dechor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 246

Palauan

Etymology

Unknown; Blust (ACD) suggests < Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD, but this etymology is not compatible with the regular sound changes of Palauan.

Verb

dechor

1. to stand