cúrsachad

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cúrsaigid +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

Noun

cúrsachad m (genitive cúrsactha or cuarsachada)

  1. verbal noun of cúrsaigid
  2. reprimand, correction, reproof
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d8
      Do·beir-som ainm bráthre doib, arná·epret is ara miscuis in cúrsachad, act is ara seircc.
      He calls them brothers, lest they should say the reprimand is because of hatred for them, but it is because of love for them.

Declension

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cúrsachad — —
Vocative cúrsachad — —
Accusative cúrsachadN — —
Genitive cúrsacthaH, cuarsachadaH — —
Dative cúrsachadL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of cúrsachad
radical lenition nasalization
cúrsachad chúrsachad cúrsachad
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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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