dodcadchae
Old Irish
Etymology
dodcadach (“unfortunate”) + -e; the former from dodcad (“bad luck”) + -ach; the former from do- + tocad (“luck, fortune”), from Proto-Celtic *tonketos (compare Welsh tynged), from Proto-Indo-European *tenk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdoðɡaðxe/
Noun
dodcadchae f (genitive dodcadchae)
- infelicity
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63d7
- condan·samailter fri cech ndodcadchai
- so that we are compared to every infelicity
- c. 875, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63d7
Declension
| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | dodcadchaeL | — | — |
| Vocative | dodcadchaeL | — | — |
| Accusative | dodcadchaiN | — | — |
| Genitive | dodcadchae | — | — |
| Dative | dodcadchaiL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| dodcadchae | dodcadchae pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndodcadchae |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “dodcadchae”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN