ármag

Old Irish

Etymology

From ár +‎ mag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːrˌβ̃aɣ]

Noun

ármag n (genitive ármaige, nominative plural ármaige)

1. field of slaughter, battlefield

Inflection

Neuter s-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ármagN	ármagN	ármaigeL
vocative	ármagN	ármagN	ármaigeL
accusative	ármagN	ármagN	ármaigeL
genitive	ármaigeL	ármaige	ármaigeN
dative	ármaigL	ármaigib	ármaigib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ármag

radical	lenition	nasalization
ármag (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ármag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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