moirtchenn

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin morticinium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmor͈ʲtʲxʲen͈/

Noun

moirtchenn n or m

1. dead flesh
2. sudden death, destruction

Mutation

Mutation of moirtchenn

radical	lenition	nasalization
moirtchenn also mmoirtchenn after a proclitic ending in a vowel	moirtchenn pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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