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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
ordaigh + -ú
Pronunciation
Noun
ordú m (genitive singular ordaithe, nominative plural orduithe)
- verbal noun of ordaigh
- order
- command
- (biblical) commandment
- suggestion
- (linguistics) imperative (mood)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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ordú
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n-ordú
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hordú
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t-ordú
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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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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ordugad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “ordú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “órduġaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 534
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ordú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN