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muccullach

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From mucc (pig) +‎ cullach (boar).

Noun

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muccullach m (nominative plural muccullaig)

  1. boar

Inflection

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative muccullach muccullachL mucculaigL
Vocative mucculaig muccullachL muccullachuH
Accusative muccullachN muccullachL muccullachuH
Genitive mucculaigL muccullach muccullachN
Dative muccullachL muccullachaib muccullachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of muccullach
radical lenition nasalization
muccullach
also mmuccullach after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
muccullach
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

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