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Old Irish
Etymology
From gúas (“danger, peril”) + -acht.
Pronunciation
Noun
gúasacht f
- peril
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 47d4–5
Gigse⟨a⟩-sa .i. mo ṡoírad ar cech gúasacht todochidi.- I will pray, that is, for my deliverance from every future peril.
Declension
| Feminine ā-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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gúasachtL
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gúasachtL
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gúasachtaH
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| Vocative
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gúasachtL
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gúasachtL
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gúasachtaH
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| Accusative
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gúasachtN
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gúasachtL
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gúasachtaH
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| Genitive
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gúasachtaeH
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gúasachtL
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gúasachtN
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| Dative
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gúasachtL
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gúasachtaib
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gúasachtaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Mutation
Mutation of gúasacht
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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| gúasacht
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gúasacht
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
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ngúasacht
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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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