augaire

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *owi-garyos, from *owis (“sheep”) +‎ *gar- (“to call”) +‎ *-yos (agent noun suffix), literally “sheep-caller”. The evolution of the first vowel of this word is irregular; the expected outcome of this compound would be **uígire.

Noun

augaire m

  1. shepherd

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative augaire augaireL augairiL
vocative augairi augaireL augairiu
accusative augaireN augaireL augairiuH
genitive augairiL augaireL augaireN
dative augairiuL augairib augairib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: áegaire, óegaire

Mutation

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

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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