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ruccae

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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  • rucce (Würzburg glosses)

Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *rukkiyom, a derivative of *rukkos; furthermore from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red).

Noun

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ruccae n

  1. shame, disgrace
    • 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. 24a30
      .i. bid rucce et mebul doib aní inda·mmóidet.
      i.e. that in which they boast will be a shame and disgrace to them.
    • 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. 49d4
      .i. ní frithalim ruccai for m'anmaim tri foisitin t'anmae-siu, a Dæ.
      i.e. I do not expect shame upon my name through the confession of Your (sg) name, O God.

Inflection

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Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ruccaeN ruccaeL ruccaeL
Vocative ruccaeN ruccaeL ruccaeL
Accusative ruccaeN ruccaeL ruccaeL
Genitive ruccaiL ruccaeL ruccaeN
Dative ruccuL ruccaib ruccaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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Mutation of ruccae
radical lenition nasalization
ruccae
also rruccae after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
ruccae
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

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