orcun

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See also: Orçun

Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *orgenā, an unusual double-thematic formation in -e-nā. Two other basic verbal nouns, mlegon (milking) (from *mlig-o-nos) and fedan (carrying) (from *wed-o-nā) also have double-thematic *-V-no/ā- formations. Their closest parallels are Proto-Germanic *-aną and past participles in *-anaz, in addition to Slavic past passive participles in original -enъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orcun f (genitive oircne)

  1. verbal noun of orcaid
  2. murder, slaughter
  3. raid

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative orcunL orcuinL oircneaH
Vocative orcunL orcuinL oircneaH
Accusative orcuinN orcuinL oircneaH
Genitive oircneH orcunL orcunN
Dative orcuinL oircnib oircnib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: orcan, organ, argan

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
orcun
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-orcun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gordon, Randall Clark (2012) Derivational Morphology of the Early Irish Verbal Noun, Los Angeles: University of California, pages 112-113

Further reading

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