gentraige

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

gen (laugh, sport, levity) +‎ -traige

Pronunciation

Noun

gentraige f

  1. laughter-inducing strain of music

Inflection

Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gentraigeL
Vocative gentraigeL
Accusative gentraigiN
Genitive gentraige
Dative gentraigiL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: geantraí

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gentraige gentraige
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngentraige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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