áirge

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See also: airge

Old Irish

Etymology

From árach, verbal noun of ad·rig (to tie, bind), + -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

áirge f (genitive áirge)

  1. a place for milking cows

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative áirgeL áirgiL áirgi
Vocative áirgeL áirgiL áirgi
Accusative áirgiN áirgiL áirgi
Genitive áirge áirgeL áirgeN
Dative áirgiL áirgib áirgib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: áirí
  • Scottish Gaelic: àirigh
  • Faroese: ærgi
  • Old Norse: erg

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
áirge
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-áirge
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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