gillanrad

See also: gillarad

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• gillanraid
• gillannraidh
• gillanrach

Etymology

From gilla (“youth, servant”) +‎ -rad, by analogy with ingenrad. Compare gillarad.

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲil͈ənrəð/
• (later) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲil͈ənrəɣ/

Noun

gillanrad f (genitive singular gillanraide)

1. (uncountable) youths, household, camp-followers, servants

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gillanradL	—	—
vocative	gillanradL	—	—
accusative	gillanraidN	—	—
genitive	*gillanraide	—	—
dative	gillanraidL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Mutation

Mutation of gillanrad

radical	lenition	nasalization
gillanrad	gillanrad pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ngillanrad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle 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), “gillanrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language