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cúrsachad

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From cúrsaigid +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cúrsachad m (genitive cúrsactha or cuarsachada)

  1. verbal noun of cúrsaigid
  2. reprimand, correction, reproof
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d8
      Do·beir-som ainm bráthre doib, arná·epret is ara miscuis in cúrsachad, act is ara seircc.
      He calls them brothers, lest they should say the reprimand is because of hatred for them, but it is because of love for them.

Declension

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cúrsachad
Vocative cúrsachad
Accusative cúrsachadN
Genitive cúrsacthaH, cuarsachadaH
Dative cúrsachadL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of cúrsachad
radical lenition nasalization
cúrsachad chúrsachad cúrsachad
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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