eirr
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *en-rets, from the stem of *reteti (“to run”) with the prefix in-.
Noun
eirr (gender unknown)
- a chariot-fighter
Inflection
| Masculine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | eirr | eirridL, eirr | eirrid |
| Vocative | eirr | eirridL, eirr | eirreda |
| Accusative | eirridN | eirridL, eirr | eirreda |
| Genitive | eirred | eirred | eirredN |
| Dative | eirridL | eirredaib | eirredaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: err
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| eirr | unchanged | n-eirr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eirr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language