gaisced

Old Irish

Etymology

Dvandva compound of gae (“spear”) +‎ scíath (“shield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡasʲkʲeð]

Noun

gaisced m

1. (collective) weapons, arms, armor
2. (abstract) valor, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gaisced	gaiscedL	gaiscidL
vocative	gaiscid	gaiscedL	gaisceduH
accusative	gaiscedN	gaiscedL	gaisceduH
genitive	gaiscidL	gaisced	gaiscedN
dative	gaisciudL	gaiscedaib	gaiscedaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: gaisce
• ⇒ Middle Irish: gaiscedach
  • Irish: gaiscíoch
  • Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach

Mutation

Mutation of gaisced

radical	lenition	nasalization
gaisced	gaisced pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngaisced

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