gaisced

Old Irish

Etymology

Dvandva compound of gae (“spear”) +‎ scíath (“shield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡasʲkʲeð]

Noun

gaisced m

1. (collective) weapons, arms, armor
2. (abstract) valor, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	gaisced	gaiscedL	gaiscidL
Vocative	gaiscid	gaiscedL	gaisceduH
Accusative	gaiscedN	gaiscedL	gaisceduH
Genitive	gaiscidL	gaisced	gaiscedN
Dative	gaisciudL	gaiscedaib	gaiscedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: gaisce
• ⇒ Middle Irish: gaiscedach
  • Irish: gaiscíoch
  • Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
gaisced	gaisced pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngaisced
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), “gaisced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language