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muccaidecht

muccaidecht

Old Irish

Noun

muccaidecht f

  1. herding swine; the office of being a swineherd.

Inflection

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
muccaidecht
also mmuccaidecht after a proclitic
muccaidecht
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
muccaidecht
also mmuccaidecht after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • muc(c)aidecht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.