Derdriu

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Old Irish

Etymology

From derdrethar (“rages, resounds”), from dord (“to buzz, drone”).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Derdriu f (genitive Derdrenn)

  1. a female given name, most famously borne by a tragic heroine of the Ulster Cycle.

Inflection

Feminine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Derdriu — —
Vocative Derdriu — —
Accusative DerdrinnN — —
Genitive Derdrenn — —
Dative DerdrinnL, DerdriuL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: Deirdre
  • Scottish Gaelic: Deirdre

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Deirdre Deirdre
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		nDeirdre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Stüber, K. (1998). The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic. Ireland: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, p. 103

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