Dúnchad

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːn.xəð/

Proper noun

Dúnchad m (genitive Dúnchado or Dúnchada)

1. a male given name

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Dúnchad	DúnchadL	Dúnchadae
vocative	Dúnchad	DúnchadL	Dúnchadu
accusative	DúnchadN	DúnchadL	Dúnchadu
genitive	DúnchadoH, DúnchadaH	Dúnchado, Dúnchada	DúnchadaeN
dative	DúnchadL	Dúnchadaib	Dúnchadaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Middle Irish: Dúnchad

Mutation

Mutation of Dúnchad

radical	lenition	nasalization
Dúnchad	Dúnchad pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	nDúnchad

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), “Dúnchad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language