rúad
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *roudos (compare Welsh rhudd), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (compare Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Sanskrit रुधिर (rudhirá), Old English rēad).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rúad
Inflection
[edit]| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rúad | rúad | rúad |
| vocative | rúaid* rúad** | ||
| accusative | rúad | rúaid | |
| genitive | rúaid | rúaide | rúaid |
| dative | rúad | rúaid | rúad |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | rúaid | rúada | |
| vocative | rúadu rúada† | ||
| accusative | rúadu rúada† | ||
| genitive | rúad | ||
| dative | rúadaib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Synonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| rúad also rrúad after a proclitic ending in a vowel |
rúad pronounced with /r(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
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “rúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language