goltraige

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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gol (weeping, lamentation) +‎ -traige

Pronunciation

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Noun

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goltraige f

  1. sorrowful strain of music

Inflection

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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative goltraigeL goltraigiL goltraigi
Vocative goltraigeL goltraigiL goltraigi
Accusative goltraigiN goltraigiL goltraigi
Genitive goltraige goltraigeL goltraigeN
Dative goltraigiL goltraigib goltraigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: goltraí

Mutation

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

Further reading

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