deóraidecht

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• deóradacht

Etymology

deórad (“exile, outlaw, stranger”) +‎ -acht

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːo̯rəðʲəxt/, /ˈdʲeːo̯rəðʲaxt/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲe̯oːrəɣʲəxt/, /ˈdʲe̯oːrəɣʲaxt/

Noun

deóraidecht f

1. exile, absence from home, wandering abroad

Inflection

• Genitive singular: deóraidechta

Descendants

• Irish: deoraíocht
• Manx: joarreeaght
• Scottish Gaelic: deòraidheachd

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
deóraidecht	deóraidecht pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndeóraidecht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deoraidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language