trethan
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Old Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Has been folk-etymologized as tre- (“through”) + tonn (“wave”),[1] but Stifter believes that in reality it is from the oblique stem of triäth (“sea”).
Noun[edit]
trethan m (genitive trethain)
Inflection[edit]
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | trethan | trethanL | trethainL |
Vocative | trethain | trethanL | trethnuH |
Accusative | trethanN | trethanL | trethnuH |
Genitive | trethainL | trethan | trethanN |
Dative | trethanL | trethnaib | trethnaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
trethan | threthan | trethan pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 trethan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language