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Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse gagarr, from an imitative North Germanic root *gag (“to howl”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
gagar m
- beagle, hunting dog
Inflection
| Masculine 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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gagar
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gagarL
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gagairL
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| Vocative
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gagair
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gagarL
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gagruH
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| Accusative
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gagarN
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gagarL
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gagruH
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| Genitive
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gagairL
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gagar
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gagarN
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| Dative
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gagarL
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gagaraib
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gagaraib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| gagar
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gagar
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
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ngagar
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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
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gagar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page gadhar
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