muccaidecht
Old Irish
FWOTD – 12 December 2016
Etymology
From muccaid (“swineherd”) + -acht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmukiðʲext/
Noun
muccaidecht f
- herding swine; the office of being a swineherd
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaH |
| Vocative | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaH |
| Accusative | muccaidechtN | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaH |
| Genitive | muccaidechtaeH | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtN |
| Dative | muccaidechtL | muccaidechtaib | muccaidechtaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| muccaidecht also mmuccaidecht after a proclitic | muccaidecht pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ | muccaidecht also mmuccaidecht after a proclitic |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “muc(c)aidecht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.