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Old Irish
Etymology
From cen (“without, on this side of”) + -tar (noun-forming suffix), compare alltar, íarthar, úachtar.
Pronunciation
Noun
cenntar ? (genitive cenntair, no plural)
- this world
- Antonym: alltar
- district
Inflection
| Neuter o-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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cenntarN
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cenntarN
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cenntarL
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| Vocative
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cenntarN
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cenntarN
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cenntarL
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| Accusative
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cenntarN
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cenntarN
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cenntarL
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| Genitive
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cenntairL
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cenntar
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cenntarN
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| Dative
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cenntarL
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cenntaraib
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cenntaraib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| cenntar
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chenntar
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cenntar
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 827, page 501
- ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 266, page 170
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