ingenrad

Old Irish

Etymology

From ingen (“daughter, young woman”) +‎ -rad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈinʲɣʲenrað/

Noun

ingenrad f (nominative plural ingenrada)

1. (collective) girls or maidens, especially serving maids

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ingenradL	ingenraidL	ingenradaH
vocative	ingenradL	ingenraidL	ingenradaH
accusative	ingenraidN	ingenraidL	ingenradaH
genitive	ingenraideH	ingenradL	ingenradN
dative	ingenraidL	ingenradaib	ingenradaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: iníonra

Mutation

Mutation of ingenrad

radical	lenition	nasalization
ingenrad (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ingenrad

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ingenrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language