nertad

Old Irish

Etymology

From nertaid +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈn͈ʲer͈tað]

Noun

nertad m (genitive nerta, nominative plural nertae)

1. verbal noun of nertaid
2. strengthening
3. exhortation, urging

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	nertad	nertadL	nertae
Vocative	nertad	nertadL	nertu
Accusative	nertadN	nertadL	nertu
Genitive	nertoH, nertaH	nerto, nerta	nertaeN
Dative	nertadL	nertaib	nertaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 5^b11

  Cair in sí a méit fris·comartatar co ndo⟨d⟩sitis huili a fide Christi? Non; do nertad Iude trá inso lessom.

  Have they offended so greatly that all should fall from the faith of Christ? No; he considers this, then, for the exhortation of the Jews.

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 10^c21

  Ba torad sa⟨í⟩thir dúun in chrud so ce du·melmis cech túari et ce du·gnemmis a ndu·gníat ar céli, act ní bad nertad na mbráithre et frescsiu fochricce as móo.

  It would be a fruit of labor for us in this way if we consumed every food and if we did what our fellows do, but it would not be a strengthening of the brothers and a hope of a greater reward.

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53^b27

  Foilsigidir són ⁊ do·adbat nertad coitchen do chách .i. ara·ngé cách Día amal dund·rigni-som ⁊ rond·cechladar […]

  He reveals this and shows a common exhortation to everyone, i.e. that everyone should pray to God as he did, and that he will hear him […]

Verb

nertad

1. third-person singular imperative of nertaid

·nertad

1. inflection of nertaid:
   1. third-person singular imperfect indicative
   2. passive singular preterite conjunct
   3. third-person singular past subjunctive
   4. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutation of nertad

radical	lenition	nasalization
nertad also nnertad after a proclitic ending in a vowel	nertad pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/	unchanged

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