errach
Old Irish
Etymology
Pedersen derives this from Proto-Celtic *wesrakos, an enlargement of Proto-Celtic *wesr-, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥. Compare Latin ver (“spring”). Stifter disputes this, pointing out that **ferach would be expected. He instead derives it from the precursor of Middle Irish err (“hind”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈer͈ax/
Noun
errach m (genitive erraig, no plural)
- spring (season)
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 37a1
- ó errug glosses vere
- c. 850, Glosses on the Carlsruhe Beda, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 10–30, Bcr. 37a1
Inflection
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | errach | — | — |
Vocative | erraig | — | — |
Accusative | errachN | — | — |
Genitive | erraigL | — | — |
Dative | erruchL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: earrach
- Scottish Gaelic: earrach
- Manx: arragh
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
errach | unchanged | n-errach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
See also
- (seasons) aimser; errach, samrad, fogamar, gaimred (Category: sga:Seasons)
References
- Stifter, David (2023), “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe, volume 3, DOI:, page 24
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 errach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language