réud

réud

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. Cognate with English freeze and Latin pruina (“hoar-frost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r͈ʲeːu̯ð/

Noun

réud m

1. frost

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Irish: reód
  • Irish: reo
  • Manx: rio
  • Scottish Gaelic: reòth

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
réud also rréud after a proclitic	réud pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	réud also rréud after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “reód” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.