Arcaibh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Originally a dative plural; probably via Pictish from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“piglet”), from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos. Compare Latin Orcades (the oldest attested name).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arcaibh

  1. Orkney (an archipelago in Scotland)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Arcaibh n-Arcaibh h-Arcaibh t-Arcaibh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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