íasacht

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See also: iasacht

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

íasacht m (genitive íasachto or íasachta)

  1. a loan
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 690
      luid gilla Athairne do chuincidh íasachto
      Athairne’s servant went to ask for a loan
  2. a thing which has been loaned or borrowed

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative íasacht íasachtL íasachtae
Vocative íasacht íasachtL íasachtu
Accusative íasachtN íasachtL íasachtu
Genitive íasachtoH, íasachtaH íasachto, íasachta íasachtaeN
Dative íasachtL íasachtaib íasachtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: iasacht
  • Manx: eeasaght
  • Scottish Gaelic: iasachd, iasad

Mutation

Mutation of íasacht
radical lenition nasalization
íasacht
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-íasacht

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

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