serg

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *swergos (illness), from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

serg m

  1. decline
  2. illness, sickness
  3. shrinking, lessening

Declension[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative serg sergL sirgL
Vocative sirg sergL serguH
Accusative sergN sergL serguH
Genitive sirgL serg sergN
Dative siurgL sergaib sergaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
serg ṡerg unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]