dechor

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• dechur

Etymology

From de- (“in two, asunder”) +‎ cor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲexor]

Noun

dechor n (genitive dechoir or dechuir, nominative plural dechor)

1. difference, distinction

Declension

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	dechorN, dechur	dechorN, dechur	dechorL, dechora
vocative	dechorN, dechur	dechorN, dechur	dechorL, dechora
accusative	dechorN, dechur	dechorN, dechur	dechorL, dechora
genitive	dechoirL, dechuir	dechor, dechur	dechorN, dechur
dative	dechorL	dechraib	dechraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Quotations

• 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. 7^d10

  Mógi sidi uili do Día; acht do·rigénsat in descipuil dechor etarru et déu diib: is hed on ɔsecha-som hic.

  They are all servants to God; but the disciples had made a distinction between them and (made) gods of them; that is what he corrects here.

• c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 27^a9

  nibí dechor etir diall n‑anmann ⁊ pronominum

  there is no difference between the declension of nouns and pronouns

• c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 55^b5

  ar ní ar accuis dechoir aní as·rubartmmar cose

  for it is not for the sake of distinction [that we have said] what we have said up to now

Descendants

• Middle Irish: deochair
  • Irish: deachair

Mutation

Mutation of dechor

radical	lenition	nasalization
dechor	dechor pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndechor

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), “1 dechor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 246; reprinted 2017

Palauan

Etymology

Unknown; Blust (ACD) suggests < Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuquD, but this etymology is not compatible with the regular sound changes of Palauan.

Verb

dechor

1. to stand