raithnech

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸratinākā, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *ɸratis (compare Middle Irish raith, Welsh rhedyn, Breton radenn), from Proto-Indo-European *p(t)erH- (compare Greek φτέρη (ftéri), Lithuanian papártis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈr͈aθʲnʲex]

Noun

raithnech f (genitive raithnige, no plural)

1. fern, bracken

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	raithnechL	—	—
Vocative	raithnechL	—	—
Accusative	raithnigN	—	—
Genitive	raithnigeH	—	—
Dative	raithnigL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: raithneach
• Manx: rhennagh
• Scottish Gaelic: raineach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
raithnech also rraithnech after a proclitic ending in a vowel	raithnech pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “raithnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language