From Proto-Celtic *orgenā, an unusual double-thematic formation in -e-nā. Two other basic verbal nouns, mlegon (“milking”) (from *mlig-o-nos) and fedan (“carrying”) (from *wed-o-nā) also have double-thematic *-V-no/ā- formations. Their closest parallels are Proto-Germanic *-aną and past participles in *-anaz, in addition to Slavic past passive participles in original -enъ.
orcun f (genitive oircne)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | orcunL | orcuinL | oircneaH |
vocative | orcunL | orcuinL | oircneaH |
accusative | orcuinN | orcuinL | oircneaH |
genitive | oircneH | orcunL | orcunN |
dative | orcuinL | oircnib | oircnib |
radical | lenition | nasalization |
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orcun (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
orcun | n-orcun |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.