airdircus
Middle Irish
Alternative forms
- aurdarcus, irdurcus
Etymology
From airdirc + -us, from Proto-Celtic *ɸare- (“in front of”) + *derk- (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-.
Pronunciation
- (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈar͈ðʲərkus/
- (later) IPA(key): /ˈar͈ɣʲərkəs/
Noun
airdircus m
- fame, renown
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
- Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.
- Ailbhe was the dog’s name, and Ireland was full of his fame.
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 1, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
Descendants
- Irish: oirirceas
Mutation
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
airdircus | unchanged | n-airdircus |
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), “airdircus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language