othrus

Old Irish

Etymology

othar +‎ -us

Noun

othrus m (genitive othrais)

1. illness
2. nursing
3. sick-maintenance

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	othrus	othrusL	othrusae
vocative	othrus	othrusL	othrusu
accusative	othrusN	othrusL	othrusu
genitive	othrusoH, othrusaH	othruso, othrusa	othrusaeN
dative	othrusL	othrusaib	othrusaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Synonyms

• (illness): aiccidit, ces, othar, slaetán
• (nursing): othrad

Derived terms

• tech othrais

Descendants

• Irish: othras

Mutation

Mutation of othrus

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

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