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Old Irish
Etymology
From mucc (“pig”) + cullach (“boar”).
Noun
muccullach m (nominative plural muccullaig)
- boar
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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muccullach
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muccullachL
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mucculaigL
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| Vocative
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mucculaig
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muccullachL
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muccullachuH
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| Accusative
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muccullachN
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muccullachL
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muccullachuH
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| Genitive
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mucculaigL
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muccullach
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muccullachN
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| Dative
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muccullachL
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muccullachaib
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muccullachaib
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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 muccullach
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lenition |
nasalization
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muccullach
also mmuccullach after a proclitic
ending in a vowel
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muccullach
pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/
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unchanged
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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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