uide

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ude

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸodyom, from Proto-Indo-European *podyom, from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step”). Related to Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “little foot”), Latin podium (“pedestal, base, balcony”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuðʲe]

Noun

uide n

1. journey, march
2. distance

   ude tri lá ― distance of a (journey of) three days

3. end, goal

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	uideN	uideL	uideL
Vocative	uideN	uideL	uideL
Accusative	uideN	uideL	uideL
Genitive	uidiL	uideL	uideN
Dative	uidiuL	uidib	uidib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• uidech

Descendants

• Irish: uidhe

Mutation

Mutation of uide

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

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language