dairt

Old Irish

Etymology

From the same root as dartaid (“calf”) and Middle Irish dairid (“to bull”), namely Proto-Celtic *daryeti (“to bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dar͈ʲtʲ]

Noun

dairt f (genitive darta, nominative plural dairti)

1. a heifer approximately one year old or younger

Inflection

Feminine i-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dairt	dairtL	dairtiH
vocative	dairt	dairtL	dairtiH
accusative	dairtN	dairtL	dairtiH
genitive	dartoH, dartaH	dartoH, dartaH	dairteN
dative	dairtL	dairtib	dairtib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Mutation

Mutation of dairt

radical	lenition	nasalization
dairt	dairt pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndairt

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