ruiri

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Old Irish

Etymology

A compound involving rí (“king”).

Noun

ruiri m (genitive ruirech, nominative plural ruirig)

  1. king

Inflection

Masculine g-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ruiri ruirigL ruirig
Vocative ruiri ruirigL ruirecha
Accusative ruirigN ruirigL ruirecha
Genitive ruirech ruirech ruirechN
Dative ruirigL ruirechaib ruirechaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of ruiri
radical lenition nasalization
ruiri
also rruiri after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		ruiri
pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged

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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